Weed warriors saving koalas and other threatened species
When Barbara Linley discovered there were koalas on her recently purchased Tullymorgan farm she was delighted. It was a big surprise.
10 April 2025
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Dramatic new video shows Great Koala National Park destruction
Dramatic new video captures the sights and sounds of the destruction of forest earmarked for the Great Koala National Park. It comes as an Indigenous Elder...
26 March 2025
Premier Minns: You promised the Great Koala National Park, it’s time to deliver
Conservation groups have published an open letter calling on Premier Chris Minns to declare the full 176,000 hectares assessed as the Great Koala National Park.
5 March 2025
It’s nuts!!!! A koala oasis in a sea of macadamias
What was once a treeless field in a nut plantation in northern NSW has become “a koala oasis in a sea of macadamias”.
20 January 2025
Detection dog sniffs out new group of chlamydia-free koalas
A poo-sniffing English springer spaniel named Max has struck gold - identifying a new group of koalas inland of Coffs Harbour that appear to be chlamydia free...
9 December 2024
Australia Post and WWF-Australia join forces to protect koalas from extinction
Australia Post and WWF-Australia are encouraging the community to start a conversation about koala conservation.
20 August 2024
“Brazen” koala Claude now raiding seedlings in front of staff
But new plantings will help this viral “leaf thief” and his koala mates.Claude the “leaf thief” koala recently climbed down into the Eastern Forest Nursery...
3 June 2024
Claude introduces his partner and joey to the all-you-can-eat buffet
News flash: viral sensation Claude ‘the leaf thief’ koala now has a partner in crime feasting on eucalypt seedlings at Eastern Forest Nursery near Lismore in...
3 November 2023
On Save The Koala Day, the plan to turn Claude’s lunch leftovers into crucial habitat
He’s the leaf thief whose antics went viral, inspiring memes and stories around the world. In multiple raids during July, Claude the koala ate 4,050 koala food...
29 September 2023
WWF celebrates giant win for koalas with process to establish Great Koala National Park
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has congratulated the NSW Government for moving forward with its commitment to establish the Great Koala National Park.
12 September 2023
Claude the leaf thief caught green handed
Claude “the leaf thief” has found the best all-you-can-eat buffet a koala could hope for – and he hasn’t held back. For weeks now, this large male koala has...
5 September 2023
Boost for koalas with signing of first conservation agreement supported by WWF-led partnership
Kyogle property owner Tony Rowland has become the first person to sign a permanent conservation agreement as part of a Collaborative Koala Habitat Protection...
18 May 2023