Buried audit shows WA species plunging into extinction

By Emma Young
Updated May 24 2017 - 7:03pm, first published 6:50pm
Buried audit shows WA species plunging into extinction
Buried audit shows WA species plunging into extinction

Five endangered West Australian species have become extinct in the wild, three threatened ecological communities have been destroyed and the fate of at least 41 other species is unknown after no monitoring was done for more than a decade, shows a costly state government audit that was promptly buried without any trends being made public.