Koala Woman Says
Given this region is so important from a tourism point of view because of the great wine it produces, it is outrageous that our Tourism Ministers do not understand they are losing the Koala in the wild. Sadly, our Tourism Ministers think that tourists only want to see them in a zoo. How wrong they are! The Hunter has some of the most endangered ecosystems in NSW, and guess what? What was prime Koala real estate has been cleared for coalmines and housing developments, and over half the bush was burnt in the 2109-2020 bushfires. The Hunter electorate doesn’t have many Koalas left, and although the population seems to have stabilised over the last 20 years, there used to be many more.
Most recent sightings have been in the southern part of the electorate around Cessnock, the Watagan Mountains and Awaba State Forest.
Member for Hunter
Mr Dan Repacholi MP
Australian Labor Party
dan.repacholi@aph.gov.au
PO Box 526 Cessnock
NSW 2325
Will he Act or Axe?
Koala Numbers
Estimated AKF Koala Population: 100-200
Estimated Koala Habitat left: 50.3%
Estimated Federal Government Population: No data. No opinion.
Listed as endangered under the EPBC Act (Feb 2022)