The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Really NSW politics but;
A code that classifies native plants including coolabah trees, river red gums and mulga wattle as “invasive” species has led to the approval of more than 3.2 million hectares of land for clearing, according to the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC).

The peak conservation body has called for the classification to be scrapped to rein in what it considers excessive “high-risk” land clearing in NSW.

NCC conservation officer Candice Bartlett, who authored a new report on the INS, said the NCC found no scientific basis for the “invasive” label, with 44 of the 45 species listed as invasive native species (INS) occurring within their natural range.

Another 922,000 hectares of clearing has been approved since 2018 under the current Land Management Code.

The report found at least 171 threatened plant and animal species have been recorded within these INS habitats.

“It is a huge risk to biodiversity if were to be acted on,” Ms Bartlett said. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nature-conservation-council-invasive-native-species-farmers/106945940

So who came up with this invasive species list, and why?

The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has pledged to make amendments to the Land Management Code 2018, but has not identified what those would entail.

A department spokesperson said in a statement.