Species Technical Committee Assessment Report 1 June 2023
The Species Technical Committee (STC) met on 1 June 2023 to finalise assessments for 17 Queensland species. The STC recommended that the Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for Multicultural Affairs change the following species’ conservation status under the Nature Conservation Act (1992).
Species | Current wildlife status | Recommended wildlife status |
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Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus Daintree rainbowfish |
NCA – Not listed EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered |
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides Cairns rainbowfish |
NCA – Not listed EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered |
Mordacia praecox non-parasitic lamprey |
NCA – Not listed EPBC – Endangered |
NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered |
Nacaduba pactolus cela bold blue-line |
NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Least concern EPBC – Least concern |
Phyllurus caudiannulatus ringed thin-tailed gecko |
NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered |
Rheobatrachus vitellinus northern gastric brooding frog |
NCA – Endangered EPBC – Extinct |
NCA – Extinct EPBC – Extinct |
Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA | ||
---|---|---|
Adclarkia dawsonensis boggomoss snail |
NCA – Endangered
EPBC – Critically endangered |
NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered |
Petrogale penicillate brush-tailed rock-wallaby |
NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable |
NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable |
Species | Current wildlife status | Recommended wildlife status |
---|---|---|
Acacia parvifoliolata |
NCA – Least concern
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Endangered
EPBC – Endangered |
Argophyllum curtum |
NCA – Least concern
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Near threatened
EPBC – Near threatened |
Argophyllum heterodontum |
NCA – Least concern
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Near threatened
EPBC – Near threatened |
Argophyllum iridescens |
NCA – Least concern
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Argophyllum palumense |
NCA – Least concern
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Endangered
EPBC – Endangered |
Coleus fragrantissimus |
NCA – Least concern
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Critically endangered
EPBC – Critically endangered |
Goodenia nocoleche |
NCA – Near threatened
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC –Vulnerable |
Goodenia stirlingii |
NCA – Near threatened
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Gossia hillii |
NCA – Least concern
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Critically endangered
EPBC – Critically endangered |
Parsonsia sankowskyana |
NCA – Endangered
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Critically endangered
EPBC – Critically endangered |
Sannantha brachypoda |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Near threatened
EPBC – Near threatened |
Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA | ||
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Acacia argyrotricha |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Acacia tingoorensis |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Astonia australiensis |
NCA – Endangered
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Endangered
EPBC – Endangered |
Cryptocarya glaucocarpa |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Cupaniopsis cooperorum |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Hemmantia webbii |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Parsonsia kroombitensis |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Parsonsia wildensis |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Sphaerantia discolor Waterhousea mulgraveana |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
Waterhousea mulgraveana |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Not listed |
NCA – Vulnerable
EPBC – Vulnerable |
STC = Queensland Government Species Technical Committee |
NCA = Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 |
EPBC = Commonwealth Government Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |