ACT Government Denies Plans for Lethal Wombat Cull

ACT Government denies plans for lethal wombat cull

The ACT Government has rejected claims it is moving towards lethal management of wombats, after the ACT Greens raised concerns about a draft report examining how the ACT manages wombat populations. ACT Greens deputy leader Jo Clay said the draft, revealed through questions during the Annual Reports process, could reclassify wombats as a controlled native species, which would legally permit them to be killed by farmers, but lacked clear ecologica…

ACT Greens concerned draft report 'paves a pathway' for legal culling of Canberra's wombats

The ACT Greens have raised concerns that the Territory government is paving the way to allow for the legal culling of wombats. Photo: Mackenzie Watkins. The ACT Greens have raised fears an under-development wombat management plan will pave the way for the animals to be legally shot and killed. Questions from the annual reports period have resulted in the release of the October 2025 “managing wombats” draft technical report, which pointed out tha…