Species Technical Committee Assessment Report 21 November 2024

The Species Technical Committee (STC) met on 21 November 2024 to finalise assessments for 27 Queensland species. The STC recommended that the Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation change the following species’ conservation status under the Nature Conservation Act (1992).

Fauna
Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Elseya irwini Irwin's turtle	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable

Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA
Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Bolemoreus hindwoodi Eungella honeyeater	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable

Flora
Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Arthraxon australiensis	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Buchanania mangoides	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Bulbophyllum weinthalii subsp. striatum	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Croton simulans	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Dryopteris sparsa	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Firmiana papuana	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Glossocardia orthochaeta	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Grevillea venusta	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Habenaria vatia	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Kunzea truncata	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Nicotiana wuttkei	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Oldenlandia tenelliflora var. papuana	NCA – Extinct in the wild EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Oreogrammitis albosetosa	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Oreogrammitis leonardii	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Picris conyzoides	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Sclerolaena blakei	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Least concern EPBC – Not listed
Schoenorchis sarcophylla	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Wendlandia psychotrioides	NCA – Extinct in the wild EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Zieria actites	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Zieria boolbunda	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Endangered	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Zieria fordii	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered

Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA
Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Baeckea trapeza	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Lilaeopsis brisbanica	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Critically endangered	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Stictocardia queenslandica	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Zieria gymnocarpa	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered

Legend
Abbreviation	Explanation
STC	Queensland Government Species Technical Committee
NCA	Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992
EPBC	Commonwealth Government Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Last updated:: 6 December 2024

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Species Technical Committee Assessment Report 21 November 2024

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