Lorraine was the Koala Care Community representative on the Koala Health Hub Advisory Committee during 2015. She served 15 terms as President of Friends of the Koala in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. She has been a great champion for koalas and Friends of the...
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Magistrate fines earthmoving contractor $79k over koala deaths at Victorian bluegum plantation: Bryant’s Forestry and Earthmoving Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to five consolidated charges of animal cruelty after 21 koalas were found dead and about 40 had to be euthanised at a bluegum plantation in Cape Bridgewater.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-16/cape-bridgewater-koala-deaths-bryants-forestry-and-earthmoving/103112004
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DR BELINDA WRIGHT, WIRES POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Belinda’s PhD involved using genomic techniques to investigate disease resistance in Tasmanian devils and also to inform population management of the species. Belinda has gone on to apply genomics to conservation questions in Koalas and Bilbies. With a strong interest...