The cost of saving Australia’s bird species from climate change is estimated at AU$18.8 million a year over the next 50 years, a report released yesterday reveals. Charles Darwin University’s Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods Professor Stephen Garnett lead-authored a report detailing the nation’s bird conservation costs, which is the first to look at all birds for an entire continent. Read More...

The critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrot will receive a much-needed ‘wing-up’ with a new free flight aviary to be built at Werribee Open Range Zoo within the next year. Zoos Victoria are proud to be part of assisting this critically endangered species and have been at the forefront of breeding this bird for the last 20 years. There are less than 50 Orange-bellied Parrots left in the wild. Read More...

The 39^th Australian National Budgerigar Championship Show and Exhibition will be held on 15 and 16 June 2013 at the Empire Theatre, 56 Neil Street in Toowoomba Queensland. Read More...