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Submissions
Your submission must be signed and include a return address.
Submissions can be sent by post or email:
- Postal address:
NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee
c/o Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Locked Bag 5022
Parramatta NSW 2124 - Street address: 4 Parramatta Square, 12 Darcy St, Parramatta NSW 2150
- Email: [email protected]
Submissions sent by email should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
Current preliminary determinations are listed below.
As you'll see from the closing date for each listing, some of the determinations are no longer on public exhibition but are kept for reference until submissions have been reviewed and a final determination is made.
Please don't send submissions about determinations that have closed for public comment.
Current preliminary determinations by date
Cephalofovea pavimenta Reid, Tait, Briscoe & Rowell, 1995 – proposed critically endangered species
On public exhibition from 10 July 2026 to 2 October 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 359.1 KB)
- The conservation assessment report will be available here in the near future.
Turnix melanogaster (Gould, 1837) – proposed vulnerable species
On public exhibition from 10 July 2026 to 2 October 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 323.3 KB)
- The conservation assessment report will be available here in the near future.
Prostanthera staurophylla F.Muell. – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 12 June 2026 to 4 September 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 537KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 766KB)
Hibbertia puberula subsp. extensa R.T.Mill – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 8 May 2026 to 31 July 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 631KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 897KB)
Hibbertia puberula Toelken subsp. puberula – proposed endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 8 May 2026 to 31 July 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 692KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 770KB)
Illawarra and South Coast Lowland Forest and Woodland and derived native grassland in the Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions – proposed endangered ecological community listing
On public exhibition from 10 April 2026 to 3 July 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 408KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 992KB)
Lowland Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland in the South East Corner Bioregion – proposed endangered ecological community listing
On public exhibition from 10 April 2026 to 3 July 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 439KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 730KB)
Prasophyllum caricetum D.L.Jones – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 10 April 2026 to 3 July 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 410KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 636KB)
Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum D.L.Jones – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 10 April 2026 to 3 July 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 433KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 1.28MB)
Grevillea scortechinii subsp. sarmentosa – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 10 April 2026 to 3 July 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 435KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 982KB)
Boronia ruppii Cheel – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 10 April 2026 to 3 July 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 596KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 869KB)
Austrochloritis kippara Stanisic, 2010, a snail – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 27 February 2026 to 27 May 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 336KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 569KB)
Rhophodon mcgradyorum Hyman & Stanisic, 2005, a snail – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 27 February 2026 to 27 May 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 341KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 794KB)
Luturopa macleayensis Stanisic, 2010, a snail – proposed endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 27 February 2026 to 27 May 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 414KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 791KB)
Eucalyptus tetrapleura L.A.S.Johnson, a tree – proposed endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 27 February 2026 to 27 May 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 440KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 1.14MB)
Atrichornis rufescens (Ramsay, 1866), rufous scrub-bird – proposed endangered species listing
On public exhibition from 27 February 2026 to 27 May 2026.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 453KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 1.14MB)
Polystichum moorei Christ, a fern – proposed critically endangered species listing
On public exhibition 26 September to 26 December 2025.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 303KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the Common Assessment Method (PDF 688KB)
Eucalyptus oresbia J.T.Hunter & J.J.Bruhl, a tree – proposed endangered species listing
On public exhibition 17 January to 17 April 2025.
- Preliminary determination (PDF 311KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the common assessment method (PDF 929KB)
Lord Howe silvereye Zosterops lateralis tephropleurus Gould, 1855 – proposed removal from the Act (vulnerable species)
On public exhibition 28 June to 28 September 2024
- Preliminary determination (PDF 299KB)
- Conservation assessment report using the common assessment method (PDF 661KB)
Bioregions referenced in determinations
In determining the bioregions where an ecological community occurs, the Committee uses the Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia. The Committee’s determinations indicate which version has been referenced for a particular ecological community.
As a guide, the Committee has used the following versions.
Version 4 – Determinations made before March 2013
The Committee used Thackway R, Cresswell ID (1995) An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia: a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserve System Cooperative Program. (Version 4.0. ANCA: Canberra).
View a map of the IBRA 4 bioregions (PDF 695KB) from Thackway and Cresswell 1995.
Version 7 – Determinations made since March 2013
The Committee currently uses SEWPaC (2012) Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, Version 7. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
View IBRA Version 7 maps.