Queensland Ecological News and Insights

Gympie Regional Council has a biodiversity TLPI in force from 23 February 2026. What developers and landowners need to know about the overlay, the Rural Zone, and vegetation clearing while the new planning scheme is prepared.

Gladstone is tightening controls on clearing in its Biodiversity Overlay and progressing a full code amendment. Here is what developers, landowners and planners need to prepare in 2026.

⚠ Bird flu detected on Moreton Island Queensland’s first suspected H5 case - if you find a sick or dead bird, here is exactly what to do. Bird flu has…

You have found a block of land that ticks every box - location, size, price. Then you pull up the planning certificate and see “environmental overlay” flagged across part or…

You have lodged a development application, and a few weeks later the assessing authority sends you a letter asking for more ecological information. This is an information request, and how…

Many Queensland properties have a regulated vegetation management map that controls what you can clear, where you can build, and what approvals you need. That state map is not locked…

Koala habitat assessment under SDAP State Code 25 is one of the most common ecological triggers for development in South East Queensland. But after more than a decade of preparing…

Download our free Fire Ant Management Plan template for Queensland development and earthworks projects. Covers biosecurity zone compliance, material movement controls, and record-keeping.

Two of SEQ’s biggest growth corridors are overhauling their planning schemes simultaneously. What developers need to watch in Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast.

Brisbane City Council has opened consultation on City Plan amendments for Indooroopilly, Carindale, and Nundah. Increased density may trigger new ecology requirements.