The NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee also publishes a notice of final determination. This notice explains how a species, population, ecological community or key threatening process meets the criteria for listing.
Final determinations made before August 2017 were made under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Under that Act, assessments were made on the threat status of species, populations or ecological communities in New South Wales and were based on criteria in the Threatened Species Conservation Regulations.
Final determinations made since August 2017 are made under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and the listing criteria in the Biodiversity Conservation Regulation 2017. The conservation assessment reports included with many final determinations are prepared using the common assessment method (CAM).
The schedules of the Act are maintained by the Scientific Committee. They are updated regularly to take into account final determinations that:
- add or remove species, ecological communities and key threatening processes
- amend the names or descriptions of species or ecological communities.
Recent final determinations
Atlas Rainforest Ground-beetle Nurus atlas (Castelnau, 1867) – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 25 August 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Blue-winged parrot Neophema chrysostoma (Kuhl 1820) – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 25 August 2023
Final determination
Caladenia amnicola D.L.Jones, an orchid – endangered species listing
Publication date 25 August 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Fontainea sp. Coffs Harbour (A.S.Benwell 341, NSW1102027) – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 25 August 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Carmichaelia exsul F.Muell – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 4 August 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Corokia whiteana L.S.Sm. – endangered species listing
Publication date 4 August 2023
Final determination (amended)
Goodenia nocoleche Pellow & J.L.Porter, a herb – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 4 August 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Liopholis montana (Donellan et al. 2002) – endangered species listing
Publication date 4 August 2023
Final determination
Persoonia glaucescens Sieber ex Spreng, a shrub – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 4 August 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Acacia atrox Kodela – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 30 June 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami (South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo) Temminck 1807 – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 30 June 2023
Final determination
Eucalyptus approximans Maiden – removal from the Act (vulnerable species)
Publication date 30 June 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Sloane’s Froglet Crinia sloanei Littlejohn (1958) – endangered species listing
Publication date 30 June 2023
Final determination
Boronia hapalophylla Duretto, F.J. Edwards & P.G. Edwards, a shrub – removal from Endangered Species list
Publication date 28 April 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Eucalyptus benthamii Maiden & Cambage, a tree – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 28 April 2023
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Grey snake Hemiaspis damelii Günther 1876 – endangered species listing
Publication date 28 April 2023
Final determination
Shy albatross Thalassarche cauta Gould 1840 – endangered species listing
Publication date 28 April 2023
Final determination
Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor (DC.) N.G. Walsh – endangered species listing
Publication date 27 January 2023
Final determination
Antrophyum austroqueenslandicum D.L.Jones, a fern – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 16 December 2022
Final determination
Eucalyptus canobolensis (L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill) J.T.Hunter, a tree – endangered species listing
Publication date 16 December 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos Gould, 1841, a bird – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 25 November 2022
Final determination
Littlejohn’sTree Frog Litoria littlejohni White, Whitford & Mahony 1994 – endangered species listing
Publication date 25 November 2022
Final determination
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale) Borowski, 1781 – removal from vulnerable species list
Publication date 25 November 2022
Final determination
Petauroides Volans (Southern Greater Glider) Kerr 1972 – endangered species listing
Publication date 25 November 2022
Final determination
Lord Howe earthworm Pericryptodrilus nanus Jamieson, 1977 – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 28 October 2022
Final Determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Watson’s Tree Frog Litoria watsoni Mahony, Moses, Mohony, Lemckert & Donnella 2020 – Endangered Species listing
Publication date 28 October 2022
Final determination
Cormodes darwini Pascoe, 1860 Mathews, a beetle – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 26 August 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Promethis sterrha Olliff, 1889, a beetle – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 26 August 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Mukarrthippi grasswren Amytornis striatus striatus Gould, 1840 – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 5 August 2022
Final determination (amended) and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method (amended)
Murray Mallee striated grasswren Amytornis striatus howei Mathews, 1911 – endangered species listing
Publication date 5 August 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth) Walker 1854 – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 29 July 2022
Final determination
Homoranthus floydii Craven & S.R.Jones, a shrub – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 1 July 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Persoonia oxycoccoides Sieber ex Spreng., a shrub – endangered species listing
Publication date 27 May 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala) Goldfuss 1817 – endangered species listing
Publication date 20 May 2022
Final determination
Bathurst Grassland Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis mccartneyi Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre 2019 – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 11 February 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Monaro Grassland Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis osbornei Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre 2019 – endangered species listing
Publication date 11 February 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Leionema westonii L.M.Copel. & I.Telford, a shrub – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 21 January 2022
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Asterolasia beckersii Orme & Duretto, a shrub – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 19 November 2021
Final determination
Dracophyllum macranthum E.A.Br. & N.Streiber, a shrub – removal from vulnerable species list
Publication date 19 November 2021
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Rhodamnia maideniana C.T. White – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 19 November 2021
Final determination
Lobelia claviflora Albr. & R.W.Jobson, a herb – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 24 September 2021
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Philotheca papillata I.Telford & L.M.Copel., a shrub – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 21 May 2021
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Pseudomys australis (Gray 1832) – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 21 May 2021
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Persoonia mollis subsp. revoluta S.Krauss & L.A.S.Johnson, a shrub – vulnerable species listing
Publication date 16 April 2021
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Melaleuca armillaris Tall Shrubland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion – critically endangered ecological community listing
Publication date 19 February 2021
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Kaputar Rock Skink Egernia roomi – critically endangered species listing
Publication date 19 February 2021
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method
Dodonaea stenophylla, a shrub – vulnerable species listing
Publication date Friday 12 February 2021
Final determination and conservation assessment report using the common assessment method