Missed this back in June 2019. You can now keep in South Australia, without permit, the following birds that previously required a permit:
Finches have been bolded. Ducks, pigeons, and fowl have been excluded.
Black-breasted Button Quail
Black-throated Finch (Diggles)
Black-throated Finch (Parsons)
Blue-cheeked Rosella
Blue-winged Parrot
Brown Quail
Crimson Finch (common) [not white-bellied]
Eastern Rosella
Hooded Parrot
Little Button Quail
Masked Finch
Northern Rosella
Painted Button-quail
Pale-headed Rosella
Pictorella Mannikin
Plum-headed Finch
Western Rosella
White eared Masked Finch
Yellow-rumped Mannikin
The full lists are on the DEW website.
Changes to permit-exempt finches in South Australia
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