Species Technical Committee Assessment Report 11 June 2025

The Species Technical Committee (STC) met on 11 June 2025 to finalise assessments for 13 Queensland species. The STC recommended that the Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation change the following species’ conservation status under the Nature Conservation Act (1992).

Fauna

Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Euastacus mirangudjin orange-bellied crayfish	NCA – Not listed EPBC – Endangered	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered

Flora

Species	Current wildlife status	Recommended wildlife status
Acacia purpureopetala	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Critically endangered	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Not listed
Corchorus subargenteus	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Not listed
Cycas cupida	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Daviesia quoquoversus	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Near threatened EPBC – Not listed
Homoranthus cummingii	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Hymenasplenium perriei	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Lepidagathis royenii	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Critically endangered
Paramapania parvibractea	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Torenia polygonoides	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered
Zieria hydroscopica	NCA – Critically endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable

Flora

Assessments that did not result in reclassification under the NCA
Cycas couttsiana	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Vulnerable EPBC – Vulnerable
Fontainea fugax	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Not listed	NCA – Endangered EPBC – Endangered