Australia’s coronation gift to King Charles is $10,000 donation for WA endangered parrot

PM says he is pleased to contribute to Friends of the Western Ground Parrot as the king ‘has long championed conservation’

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Australia is gifting King Charles III a donation to Friends of the Western Ground Parrot to mark his coronation.

The government has pledged $10,000 to help conserve the critically endangered “shy and rarely seen” species in honour of the monarch, on behalf of the people of Australia.

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