| You’re invited to join me at a special community forum on Saturday, August 31st from 1:30pm in Bendigo. We will be discussing how Australia’s broken nature laws threaten the birds and nature you love. We’ve gathered a brilliant panel for you, featuring:Lisa Chesters, your Federal MP for BendigoBrendan Sydes, ACF National Biodiversity Policy AdvisorKelsey Macdonald, Loddon Mallee Youth Climate Network And me, Sean Dooley, BirdLife AustraliaThis gives you a great opportunity to ask your questions to the experts and your local representative about the threats facing Bendigo’s birds in 2024. |
| Bendigo Community Forum: Saving Nature, Saving OurselvesJoin BirdLife Australia and ACF for a community forum about how Australia’s nature laws are affecting the central Victorian birds you love! You’ll be able to ask questions of the panel, and explore information tables from local nature-focused organisations. Light refreshments provided. |
| Sat, 31 Aug.1:30 PM AESTBendigo, VICClick to RSVP! |
| Earlier this month, BirdLife Castlemaine District’s Convenor, Jane Rusden, and I met with Lisa Chesters MP and excited locals in Muckleford, where a flock of forty Swift Parrots had been sighted. Current estimates suggest there are fewer than 500 ‘Swifties’ remaining in the wild, so as thrilling as it was to spot these beautiful parrots, I couldn’t help ponder the reality that we were standing in front of 10% of the remaining Swift Parrot population, right here in the seat of Bendigo. |
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| All smiles while spotting Swifties in Muckleford, with Bendigo Community Forum speakers Sean Dooley (centre, hat), Brendan Sydes (centre, beard), and Lisa Chesters MP (in red) and BirdLife Castlemaine District Convenor, Jane Rusden (right). |
| Australia’s nature laws are failing birds like critically endangered Swift Parrots. The Government have proposed some new legislation already, but more is needed to protect Aussie nature and to restore the populations of birds around the country. I look forward to seeing you at our community forum on Saturday, August 31st from 1:30pm. Please RSVP here, David, and invite any Bendigo-local friends and family you think would enjoy the event, too! Yours sincerely, |
 Sean DooleyNational Public Affairs Manager,BirdLife Australia |
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