{"id":21068,"date":"2023-05-03T17:20:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=21068"},"modified":"2023-05-03T17:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:20:49","slug":"australias-gift-to-mark-the-coronation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/australias-gift-to-mark-the-coronation\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIA\u2019S GIFT TO MARK THE CORONATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On behalf of the people of Australia, the Australian Government will make a national contribution of $10,000 to Western Australian charity&nbsp;<em>Friends of the Western Ground Parrot<\/em>&nbsp;in honour of The King\u2019s Coronation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This contribution will go towards the conservation of the Western Ground Parrot, a rare and critically endangered bird found in the remote Cape Arid National Park and Nuytsland Nature Reserve, to the east of Esperance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Western Ground Parrot is shy and rarely seen, as they spend most of their time on the ground in low dense heathland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is estimated that there are only 150 Western Ground Parrots remaining. In recent years, bushfires have impacted their known habitat which has threatened the last wild population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Friends of the Western Ground Parrot Inc<\/em>. is a registered charity that supports conservation of this rare Australian parrot. They raise funds for recovery and awareness projects, including monitoring and translocations to create a secure second wild population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past contributions to mark significant Royal occasions have supported the conservation of the Bilby, Mountain Pygmy Possum, Numbat and Koala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prime-minister-anthony-albanese-said\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis Majesty King Charles III has long championed conservation and sustainability, so I am pleased to mark his Coronation with a national contribution to the conservation of the Western Ground Parrot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKnown as Kyloring by the Noongar people, the Western Ground Parrot is listed as critically endangered. This contribution will complement other conservation efforts underway to protect the Kyloring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/western-ground-parrot.org.au\/\">Friends of the Western Ground Parrot Inc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website:&nbsp;<\/strong>Threatened Species Action Plan \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcceew.gov.au\/environment\/biodiversity\/threatened\/action-plan\/priority-birds\/western-ground-parrot\">Western Ground Parrot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the people of Australia, the Australian Government will make a national contribution of $10,000 to Western Australian charity&nbsp;Friends of the Western Ground Parrot&nbsp;in honour of The King\u2019s Coronation. This contribution will go towards the conservation of the Western Ground Parrot, a rare and critically endangered bird found in the remote Cape Arid &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/australias-gift-to-mark-the-coronation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AUSTRALIA\u2019S GIFT TO MARK THE CORONATION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21069,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21068\/revisions\/21069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}