Lismore City Council says more than 17,000 native plants are now in the ground across Lismore, as the Rainforest to River project continues to transform important rainforest, wetland and riverbank habitat across the city.

Last week the government demonstrated its flagrant disregard for science and common sense from Washington to Palau, and from Canberra to Darwin.

An alarming report released by the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) in the leadup to National Threatened Species Day (today), identifies the extent of state forests occupied by endangered greater gliders has declined by two-thirds over 27 years, and within the remaining occupied habitat populations have collapsed by a similar amount.

More than 7,000 drivers will face enforcement action following a statewide traffic operation conducted by police over the weekend.