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Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (43) (14/08/2006)

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Commonwealth of Australia   Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (43)     I, IAN CAMPBELL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to section 184(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list referred to in section 178 of that Act by:     deleting from the list in the vulnerable category
·       Boronia laxa (a plant)

·       Boronia xanthastrum (a plant)
·       Boronia rupicola (a plant) ·       Boronia suberosa (a plant) ·       Boronia verecunda (a plant) ·       Boronia tolerans (a plant) ·       Helicteres sp. Glenluckie Creek (N.Byrnes 1280) ·       Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis (Masked Owl (Tiwi Islands))    
including in the list in the vulnerable category
·       Zyzomys maini (Arnhem Rock-rat) ·       Acacia praetermissa (a shrub) ·       Hibiscus cravenii (a shrub) ·       Eleocharis papillosa (Dwarf Desert Spike-rush) ·       Hibiscus brennanii (a shrub) ·       Hoya australis subsp. Oramicola (a vine) ·       Mitrella sp. Melville Island (C.R.Dunlop 6556) NT Herbarium (a vine)    
including in the list in the endangered category

·       Croitana aestiva (Desert Sand-skipper)
·       Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis (Hooded Robin (Tiwi Islands)) ·       Diplodactylus occultus (Yellow-snouted Ground Gecko) ·       Egernia obiri (Arnhem Land Egernia) ·       Mesodontrachia fitzroyana (a land snail) ·       Semotrachia euzyga (a land snail) ·       Sinumelon bednalli (a land snail) ·       Xylopia sp. Melville Island (J.Russell-Smith 2148) NT Herbarium (a shrub) ·       Toechima sp. East Alligator (J.Russell-Smith 8418) NT Herbarium (a tree) ·       Typhonium jonesii (a herb) ·       Typhonium mirabile (a herb) ·       Typhonium taylori (a herb) ·       Helicteres sp. Glenluckie Creek (N.Byrnes 1280) Cowie (a shrub) ·       Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis (Masked Owl (Tiwi Islands))    
including in the list in the critically endangered category
·       Acacia sp. Graveside Gorge (V.J.Levitzke 806) NT Herbarium (a shrub)             Dated this………14…………..day of ………August……….2006       IAN CAMPBELL      
Minister for the Environment and Heritage