Advocates Want Mine Stopped and National Park Established After Thousands of Koalas Killed in Bushfires

Advocates Want Mine Stopped and National Park Established After Thousands of Koalas Killed in Bushfires
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Jessie Zhang
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Without urgent intervention an Australian national icon, the koala, may become extinct in New South Wales (NSW) before 2050, a parliamentary report (pdf) has found.

A NSW upper house inquiry, which released the report on June 30, was established due to significant concern at the scale of loss to koala populations across NSW.

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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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