Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Notice under Section 275

Invitation for public comment on three draft National Recovery Plans

The Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is inviting comment on the draft National Recovery Plans for:

• Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)
• Golden sun moth (Synemon plana)
• Sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila)

The draft recovery plans are proposed to be made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. They set out the research and management actions necessary to stop the decline and support the recovery of these threatened species. 

The draft recovery plans are available at: http://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/biodiversity/threatened/recovery-plans/comment

Comments must be received by 2 October 2025 and should be sent to:

Email: recoveryplans@dcceew.gov.au

Postal address:
Protected Species and Ecological Communities Branch
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Attention: recoveryplans@dcceew.gov.au
GPO Box 3090
CANBERRA ACT 2601

For information about how the Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water will handle any personal information within, or provided in relation to, a submission, please refer to https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/biodiversity/threatened/recovery-plans/comment

Dr Ilse Kiessling

Branch Head
Protected Species and Ecological Communities Branch

27 June 2025