The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in
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The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in

Forests on the North Coast are earmarked for a national park to protect “the best patch of koala habitat in the world”,but the area is still being logged in epic proportions.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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