The equivalent of 200,000 football grounds (400,000 hectares) of threatened species habitat was destroyed in a single year for sheep and cattle grazing in Queensland, new research by the Australian Conservation Foundation and researcher Dr Martin Taylor has revealed. The Double standard report shows none of the clearing was approved – or even assessed – under Australia’s national environmental law. The report identifies thousands of possible breaches of the Act that should have been investigated by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. There is no record of the department taking any enforcement action on these breaches. Data reveals Queensland habitat destruction out of control