The Minister for the Environment, the Hon. Melissa Price MP, has amended the list of threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to include one species, transfer two species between listing categories, remove five species and retain two species in their current category. The Minister found one species ineligible for inclusion on the list. The amendments are will take effect on the day after they are included on the Federal Register of Legislation. The Minister also extended the timeframe for three ecological community listing decisions.

Scientific Name Common Name Type Summary of change Bruguiera hainesii Haines's Orange Mangrove Plant Include in Critically Endangered category Oberonia attenuata Mossman Fairy Orchid Plant Retain as Critically Endangered category Bettongia gaimardi Eastern Bettong Mammal Ineligible for listing Dasycercus cristicauda Crest-tailed Mulgara Mammal Remove from Vulnerable category Melomys rubicola Bramble Cay Melomys Mammal Transfer from Endangered to Extinct category Mesembriomys macrurus Golden-backed Tree-rat, Koorrawal Mammal Remove from Vulnerable category Notamacropus eugenii eugenii Tammar Wallaby (South Australia) Mammal Remove from Extinct category Pseudantechinus mimulus Carpentarian Antechinus Mammal Remove from Vulnerable category Pteropus conspicillatus Spectacled Flying-fox Mammal Transfer from Vulnerable to Endangered category Vombatus ursinus ursinus Common Wombat (Bass Strait) Mammal Remove from Vulnerable category Zyzomys palatalis Carpentarian Rock-rat Mammal Retain in Endangered category