This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 81%. (I'm a bot)

> Researchers have found several Australian wildlife species which were previously hit by rapid declines and faced the likelihood of extinction have recovered to the point they should no longer be considered threatened.

> The study, published in Biological Conservation, found 26 Australian species had recovered to the point where they no longer met the criteria to be listed as threatened under the Act, and confirmed another three species which had been delisted during that time had legitimately recovered.

> Dr Woinarski said it was important to recognise that species could be recovered "When the investment and commitment is there", noting that most of the species would need ongoing investment and action or they would slip backwards again.

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Everyone: Awwww

Australians: Ahhhhh

Yay we saved 29 species from extinction!

1700 species left to go…

> The researchers attributed the recoveries to targeted management by government agencies, conservation groups and Indigenous land managers.

Here is a list of the species that have recovered from the brink of extinction in Australia:

Fish:

• Murray cod

Frogs:

• Australian lace lid

• Waterfall frog

• Growling grass frog

• Common mist frog

Reptiles:

• Flinders Ranges worm-lizard

Birds:

• Bulloo grey grasswren

• Great knot

• Southern cassowary

• Greater sand plover

• Gouldian finch

• Blue petrel

• Sooty albatross

• Black-browed albatross

Mammals:

• Boodie/burrowing bettong (Barrow and Boodie Islands subspecies)

• Boodie/burrowing bettong (Shark Bay subspecies)

• Chuditch/western quoll

• Golden bandicoot

• Rufous-hare wallaby

• Mala (central Australian subspecies)

• Banded hare wallaby

• Greater stick-nest rat

• Bilby

• Bridled nail-tailed wallaby

• Humpback whale

• Western barred bandicoot (Shark Bay)

• Eastern barred bandicoot

• Yellow-footed rock-wallaby

I mean it's a start and I'm happy about it. At least some good news

No word on the Drop Bear....

Our Minister for the Environment and Water just approved 116 new coal steam gas wells (at 4.55pm on a Friday as to avoid attention). Gotta offset the good apparently

Because they are extinct????

Those are “least concern”- they adapted to life well on the beaches, feasting on unwary tourists.

We're not allowed to post good news, sir. Only devastating news these days.

Finally some good news in these depressing times

yeehaw

I was totally expecting it to be 2 saved, 24 completely extinct.

So that's why people tell me to never go to Bondi beach.

Oh good, the continent filled with murder fauna is making a comeback

Sadly I see no corals on that list

They're all extremely poisonous

*or venomous. Or both

There it is. The silver lining we were all expecting.

Hang on, what’s this? Good news? I wasn’t aware such a thing was allowed.