The black-throated finch is ‘a symbol for all that will be lost if we allow the Galilee coal basin to be opened up,’ says Larissa Waters. Photograph: Marek Kasula/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Stock PhotoSulphur-crested cockatoo: a cheeky sense of humour and will not still your snag. Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty ImagesJosh Frydenberg’s children deliver a vote for the kookaburra. Photograph: Russell Mcphedran/APTawny frogmouths: ‘charming’. Photograph: Mezzanine1/GuardianWitnessA nest of grey shrike-thrush’s means spring for Barnaby Joyce. Photograph: John Harrison/WikipediaA ‘lovely’ rare night parrot. Photograph: Bruce Greatwich
