Union tells Senate inquiry more than 90% of staff working with threatened species say Australia’s performance is poorThe Australian government is failing to meet its domestic and international obligations to protect threatened species and existing environment laws are inadequate, according to public servants working on endangered wildlife. The admissions are contained in a damning submission by the Community and Public Sector Union to a Senate inquiry investigating Australia’s high rate of fauna extinctions. In a seven-page submission, the CPSU said it surveyed members who work on threatened species management in the environment department and other government agencies. The Senate inquiry, launched by the Greens with support from Labor and the crossbench, follows an investigation by Guardian Australia into Australia’s system of threatened species management. The inquiry has so far published 47 submissions from organisations and has received more than 11,000 form letters from the general public.

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2018 18:00 UTC