Ecological Assessment Letter Report · MCU26/0104

      −    Vegetation that provides an important food source or shelter (e.g. nesting/hollows) for native
           fauna;
      −    Weed infestations; and
      −    Waterway/overland flows.
▪     Determine the ecological functionality and integrity of the Site and surrounding influences (i.e. wildlife
      movement corridors, edge effects, etc.).
3.3       Impact Assessment
Based on the findings of the field survey and desktop assessment, an assessment was made of the
potential impacts from the proposed works on the Site’s ecological values and features and mitigation
strategies were recommended where appropriate.


4         Desktop Assessment
The database searches and maps for MNES and MSES are provided at APPENDIX A. MLES mapping
details and a précis of all the findings are available at APPENDIX B.
In summary:
▪     The Protected Matters Search Tool under the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and
      Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) returned four (4) ecological communities, 23 flora and
      63 fauna species within a 1 kilometre (km) radius of the property.
▪     The WildNet database search under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act) returned
      two (2) state-threatened fauna species within a 1km radius of the property:
      −    Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), Vulnerable – one (1) record; and
      −    Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), Endangered – seven (7) records.
      No state-threatened flora species were reported.
      Using the same search parameters:
      −    The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) database2 returned five (5) occurrences for Koala; and
      −    The Koala Hospital Data3 listed one (1) record between the years 1996 to 2025.
      The most recent proximate Koala sighting was reported from the WildNet and ALA datasets on
      18/10/2024 approx. 315m north-west of the property.
▪     Of the 86 threatened flora and fauna species reported, one (1) flora species and five (5) fauna species
      have been assessed with the potential to utilise the available habitat within the field-surveyed Site
      from time to time:
      −    Lesser Swamp-orchid (Phaius australis), Endangered (EPBC), Endangered (NC Act);
      −    South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami), Vulnerable (EPBC Act),
           Vulnerable (NC Act);
      −    White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), Vulnerable (EPBC Act), Vulnerable (NC Act);
      −    Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), Vulnerable (EPBC Act), Least Concern (NC Act);
      −    Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), Endangered (EPBC Act), Endangered (NC Act); and
      −    Wallum Sedge Frog (Drymomantis olongburensis listed as Litoria olongburensis), Vulnerable


2 Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), https://biocache.ala.org.au/explore/your-area#-26.2972|152.9797|14|ALL_SPECIES

[online], accessed 05/10/2026.
3 Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Koala Hospital Data (KoalaBase) - 1996-2025

[online], https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/koala-hospital-data (last updated 26/08/2026, accessed 06/10/2026).


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