Government loggers fell koala feed trees inside the proposed Great Koala National Park earlier this month. Credit:Paul Hilton/Calumn Hockey for Earth Tree Images
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 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.
Many campers report seeing dozens of vacant sites at fully booked campgrounds.
Recent closures of long-time nudist beaches indicate attitudes are changing. Europe has much to teach us.
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.
Feral pigs are on the march in Victoria. The damage they leave in their wake is immense.
Speculation is rife within the sector that,at the end of the review process,Parks Victoria could be folded into the environment department.