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Koalas return home after devastating summer bushfires

Wildlife team leader Dr Sarah May said the koalas knew exactly where they were and were very happy to be home. Koalas from the Tidbinbilla Nature … [follow link to original story…]

Cudgen Nature Reserve expanded to protect more koala habitat

It will protect core koala habitat and reduce the potential for fragmentation. By working with Tweed Shire Council on a mutually beneficial land exchange, … [follow link to original story…]

NSW Upper House Inquiry aligns with Aussie Ark fight for koala protection

“We seem to keep reiterating what we already know – koala’s are going extinct,” Mr Faulkner said. “Now is the time to act, before it is too late.” His … [follow link to original story…]

Koala report a gamechanger for habitat protection

What became crystal clear during this Inquiry was that without urgent government intervention the koala will become extinct in NSW before 2050,’ said … [follow link to original story…]

NSW koala sanctuary’s touching tribute to US pilots killed saving it from devastating bushfires

Six months on from the three pilots’ deaths, Mr Fitzgerald has unveiled a tribute to the men who saved his sanctuary – naming three surviving koalas … [follow link to original story…]

Eat Your Greens! Koala Joey Tastes First Eucalyptus Leaf at Australian Park

Footage shared to Facebook by the park shows koala joey Ash trying to snatch the tasty leaf from her mother’s mouth, before getting her paws on her … [follow link to original story…]

Gunnedah koala park should progress largely on track after extraordinary meeting

Contracts for the new Gunnedah koala park have been discussed at an extraordinary council meeting on Wednesday night, and the project is mostly … [follow link to original story…]

Video footage of infrared koala survey on Kangaroo Island after bushfire

The remains of a koala in a bluegum plantation on Kangaroo Island destroyed by fire in January 2020. Koalas were introduced the Kangaroo Island in … [follow link to original story…]

Koala recovery plan five years overdue as populations are ‘smashed’

When the status of koalas was changed to vulnerable in 2012, the federal government took the advice of the Threatened Species Commission and … [follow link to original story…]

Next big thing: Work under way on big koala for Port Macquarie as ‘an icon for our region’

It’s hoped the public sculpture will raise awareness of the need to protect koalas; A second big koala is planned for the site of a world-first koala breeding … [follow link to original story…]