Bligh Government Reaffirms Koala Response Strategy
Source: Queensland. Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability. Media Release
"A freeze on clearing State Government land will continue and koala habitat will more strongly influence planning and development approvals as a new report shows a decline in the koala population on the Koala Coast. Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones and Infrastructure and Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe reaffirmed the State Government’s commitment to the recently released Koala Response Strategy to better protect koalas and to expand koala habitat in south east Queensland by 2020. Ms Jones said planning would commence immediately for two tunnels or overpasses with fencing at koala ‘blackspots’ on main roads at a cost of $10 million and work on a new State Planning Policy for koalas was already underway."