The Minns government’s key environmental promise was the Great Koala National Park. Two years after the election,government loggers are still cutting down trees in the area.
The former Treasury boss sometimes came to the office with a joey tucked under his shirt to keep it warm. The economist’s full-time focus is now squarely on the environment.
After nearly two years in government,state Labor has still not created the koala national park it promised in 2015,prompting criticism from one of its own.
The minor party will issue a list of key demands of minority government ahead of the federal election. This is one of them.
Faced with ‘government inaction’ on protecting Australia’s most critically endangered animals,these campaigners are taking matters into their own hands.
On the eve of the expected announcement of the boundaries for the Great Koala National Park comes a disturbing revelation about the state government’s troubled logging arm.
The bitter fight against national parks has attracted a motley crew of prospectors,4WD enthusiasts,shooters,horse riders,unionists and micro-parties.
Forestry Corporation of NSW has blamed a “data extraction error” for the massive discrepancies in the biomaterial reports.
The state forestry body also reported a $29 million loss in its hardwood division for 2023–24,and a productivity report has found the industry is economically unviable.
In the stretch of coast and hinterland from Kempsey to Grafton,the fates of thousands of people hinge for better or worse on the NSW government’s imminent decision about the Great Koala National Park.