🌿 Big win for koalas! A heartfelt thank you to Penny Sharpe on the announcement of the Great Koala National Park—a landmark move for native wildlife, climate, and communities.

We thank the many people who've worked tirelessly to make the #GKNP a reality. 🐨🌳

NSW Celebrates the Great Koala National Park The Minns Govt confirmed that the Great Koala National Park is moving forward placing a moratorium on logging while the business of carbon credits is sorted out

Australian Workers' Union & Timber, Furnishing & Textiles Union "joined forces to condemn" the Great Koala National Park.

AWU NSW Secretary said:

“Forestry Corporation has a good track record of managing large areas of public land in NSW ...”

#NSWpol #auspol #GKNP
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Koala park is welcome and needed, but 2025 is already a terrible year… As the NSW government announces the proposed boundary for a Great Koala National Park, a new study by the Australian Conservation Foundation reveals more…

#GKNP is a step in the right direction but more protection of vital habitat for threatened species is needed.
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Image of a koala sleeping against a tree. Text over the image says "BREAKING: NSW Premier Minns Delivers Great Koala National Park. Protecting critical koala habitat.

BREAKING: The NSW government announced it will permanently protect the full 176,000 hectares of state forests proposed for inclusion in the Great Koala National Park.

This historic announcement will give koalas a fighting chance for a future. #GKNP

Koala sleeping in a tree

I'm just going to keep sharing posts about the Great Koala National Park today
#GKNP

NSW Celebrates the Great Koala National Park The Minns Govt confirmed that the Great Koala National Park is moving forward placing a moratorium on logging while the business of carbon credits is sorted out

Great Koala National Park is happening!!

The Minns Gov't has confirmed that the Great Koala National Park is moving forward, placing a moratorium on logging while the business of carbon credits is sorted out.

Story updated with new comments:
#GKNP #NSWpol #auspol
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NSW Celebrates the Great Koala National Park The Minns Govt confirmed that the Great Koala National Park is moving forward placing a moratorium on logging while the business of carbon credits is sorted out

Great Koala National Park is happening!!

The Minns Government has confirmed that the Great Koala National Park is moving forward, placing a moratorium on logging while the technicalities of carbon credits are ironed out.

#GKNP #NSWpol #auspol
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A little bird tells me that the Great Koala National Park will be announced in Coffs Harbour tomorrow!!

And ... it's the whole 176,000ha!

#GKNP #NSWpol #Auspol

The #GKNP was proudly waved around during the election campaign and Minnsy was happy to have the votes!
Now it's filed somewhere below 'D' for Developers.
#NSWPol #auspol @chris-minns.bsky.social

#GKNP #NSWPol #Auspol There are many things we have little control over in this world but 🤬 we CAN help Koala’s survive, give them safety in the promised Koala Park 🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨

D30 H4C2
Hangry For Change
My 2nd 30day #hungerstrike for stronger #environment #protection and #biodiversity #conservation laws, protection of all #threatenedspecies and habitats and no more #extinctions
I'll be back. For now I am going to help the koala protectors save their habitat.
#GKNP

NSW budget unlikely to allocate extra funding for long-promised great koala national park ‘People will see that we’re making progress on it,’ treasurer Daniel Mookhey tells Guardian Australia

GKNP announcement delayed.
Since Labor’s 2023 election victory, more than 10,000 football fields of forests have been cut down inside the promised Great Koala National Park.

‘People will see that we’re making progress on it,’ Daniel Mookhey

#GKNP #NSWpol #Auspol
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Logging Orara East State Forest Before Koala Park Declaration Just weeks before the promised proclamation of the Great Koala National Park, chainsaws, heavy machinery and controversy have roared into Orara East State Forest

Forest defenders were escorted from Orara State Forest by NSW Police. Community members voluntarily left, although some were later issued with fines despite complying with directions.

Premier Minns announces Great Koala National Park soon.

#GKNP #SaveOrara #auspol
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Logging Orara East State Forest Before Koala Park Declaration Just weeks before the promised proclamation of the Great Koala National Park, chainsaws, heavy machinery and controversy have roared into Orara East State Forest

Protest Erupts in Orara East State Forest as Logging Begins Ahead of Koala Park Declaration.
Just weeks before the promised proclamation of the Great Koala National Park, chainsaws & heavy machinery have roared into Orara East State Forest.

#NSWpol #Auspol #GKNP
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yes ... the logging issue especially is difficult for the ALP federally & in NSW

the Great Koala National Park has stalled ... they must be having problems figuring out how to justify scaling it back to just a fraction of the proposal. grrr

#NSWpol #GKNP #auspol

Over 100 Mid North Coast businesses sign a letter to Chris Minns - NBN News More than 100 Mid North Coast organisations are calling on the Minns Government to establish the Gre

Over 100 Mid Nth Coast org's are calling on the Minns Gov, as a matter of urgency, to establish the #GreatKoalaNationalPark

Time's running out for #Koalas & #GreaterGliders

We say #ExtinctionIsForever
Stop delays @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social create the #GKNP now
#nswpol
www.nbnnews.com.au?p=734397

2 koalas asleep in a tree.

So Terra, what's the next project!
Joining #forestblockades in NSW for the Great Koala National Park #GKNP . Finish #writing my second book. Continue writing to and meeting our elected #representatives and #senators to talk about #climate #environment and #endangeredspecies

trust scores

Surprised to see Chris Minns with such a high trust score given that we're still waiting for his promised Great Koala National Park.

#NSWpol #GKNP

With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss All countries must accelerate efforts to avert the biodiversity crisis, and preserve Earth’s precious natural places for future generations.

Sorry for reminding us how shit we are at this living gig.
“Only 36 countries (less than one quarter of signatory nations) submitted a plan. Australia was one of them. And the plans provided were underwhelming.” #fail #BiodiversityLoss #ClimateCrisis #AusPol #GKNP

Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) has been fined a total of $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for failing to protect critical habitat in Conglomerate State Forest near Coffs Harbour

I've lost count: over $2 million in fines since Black Summer fires?

#NSWpol #auspol #gknp

I haven't found CSIRO's figure of 748,000 that AWU is claiming, but this is about half ...

"The latest koala national population estimate according to NKMP is between 224,000 and 524,000"

#nswpol #auspol #gknp
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Logging in forest earmarked for koala national park increasing under NSW Labor, analysis finds
#stoploggingoldgrowth #GKNP #greatkoalanationalpark #forestrynsw #savekoalas #standup4forests

No you’re not! #GKNP = broken promise by NSW Labor

Cutting trees to save koalas (23.49)
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Despite the promise of creating a #GKNP, the Labor Government keeps allowing the Forestry Corporation to destroy the very same forests of the #KoalaPark.

Forests can't defend themselves 🐨🌳☮️⚠️
#doco by VitForVendetta #saveourkoalas

The Case for the Great Koala National Park, decision soon While NSW Government is poised to decide on the Great Koala National Park, conservationists and economists urge the Premier to seize this opportunity

Forestry Corp NSW contacted us demanding a right of reply "under Australian Press Council guidelines" after we published this week's story on the Great Koala National park:

#auspol #nswpol #GKNP
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Loggers take a chainsaw to Great Koala National Park idea Great Koala National Park aims to preserve 176,000 hectares of state forests, augmenting 135,000 ha of existing national parks to support 20% of NSW’s koalas

The timber industry is lobbying to cut the Great Koala National Park's size to 37,000 ha - considerably less than the 176,000 ha proposed.

Minns will decide the boundaries & size of #GKNP soon.
He was elected on the promise of creating it.

#auspol #nswpol
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Loggers take a chainsaw to Great Koala National Park idea Great Koala National Park aims to preserve 176,000 hectares of state forests, augmenting 135,000 ha of existing national parks to support 20% of NSW’s koalas

The timber industry is lobbying to cut Great Koala National Park's size to 37,000 ha, considerably less than the 176,000 ha proposed.

Minns will decide the boundaries & size of #GKNP soon.
Remember, he was elected on the promise of creating it.

#auspol #nswpol
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Forestry Corporation NSW has a compliance problem EPA, who regulate native forestry operations, has documented many breaches and taken significant regulatory actions to address unsustainable logging practices

Forestry Corp NSW Under Scrutiny:
EPA's Compliance Update Highlights Issues in Native Forestry.
FCNSW incurred $millions in fines since bushfire 2019.

If they succeed in lobbying against #GKNP the koala will again be an election issue for Minns. imho

#auspol #nswpol
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Loggers take a chainsaw to Great Koala National Park idea Great Koala National Park aims to preserve 176,000 hectares of state forests, augmenting 135,000 ha of existing national parks to support 20% of NSW’s koalas

The Great Koala National Park is on the chopping block as the timber industry lobbies to cut the park's size to 37,000 ha to 58,000 ha, considerably less than the 176,000 ha on the table.
Minns will decide the boundaries & size soon.

#auspol #nswpol #GKNP
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Great Koala National Park decision soon While NSW Government is poised to decide on the Great Koala National Park, conservationists and economists urge the Premier to seize this opportunity

The Case for the Great Koala National Park.
With NSW Government poised to make a critical decision on the establishment of the GKNP, conservationists & economists are urging Premier Chris Minns to seize this transformative opportunity.

#NSWpol #auspol #GKNP
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