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Port Stephens Koalas listed Return and Earn charity list across Port Stephens
https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/5440525/koala-cause-added-to-return-and-earn-charity-list-video/https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/5440525/koala-cause-added-to-return-and-earn-charity-list-video/
Koala rescued from fire by Buninyong CFA
https://www.3ba.com.au/news/local-news/77636-koala-rescued-from-fire-by-buninyong-cfahttps://www.3ba.com.au/news/local-news/77636-koala-rescued-from-fire-by-buninyong-cfa
New koala sanctuary welcome – but is it in the right place?
https://www.echo.net.au/2018/05/new-koala-sanctuary-welcome-right-place/https://www.echo.net.au/2018/05/new-koala-sanctuary-welcome-right-place/
Sick koalas get $370,000 boost
https://www.tweeddailynews.com.au/news/sick-koalas-get-370000-boost/3426755/https://www.tweeddailynews.com.au/news/sick-koalas-get-370000-boost/3426755/
Pet dogs could soon be banned from areas near Queensland koala habitats
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/pet-dogs-could-soon-be-banned-from-areas-near-queensland-koala-habitats-20180524-p4zhbw.htmlhttps://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/pet-dogs-could-soon-be-banned-from-areas-near-queensland-koala-habitats-20180524-p4zhbw.html
Advocates and councillors push for better koala protections
https://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/5430086/advocates-and-councillors-push-for-better-koala-protections/?cs=1437https://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/5430086/advocates-and-councillors-push-for-better-koala-protections/?cs=1437
‘No help’: Healthy koala photographed moments before death on Appin Road
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-23/koala-death-on-appin-road-highlights-lack-of-protection/9787470http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-23/koala-death-on-appin-road-highlights-lack-of-protection/9787470
Caring for our Koalas and our Environment Conference to be held in Port Macquarie, June 7-8
https://www.wauchopegazette.com.au/story/5420699/national-koala-focus-at-june-conference/https://www.wauchopegazette.com.au/story/5420699/national-koala-focus-at-june-conference/
‘No benefit’ in Mambo wetlands site’s clearing plan, Port Stephens Council planners say
https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5414027/no-benefit-in-mambo-wetlands-sites-clearing-plan-planners/https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5414027/no-benefit-in-mambo-wetlands-sites-clearing-plan-planners/
Plan to hold summit to discuss koala protection
https://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/story/5409500/plan-to-hold-summit-to-discuss-koala-protection/https://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/story/5409500/plan-to-hold-summit-to-discuss-koala-protection/
Long-running battle ends in a win for residents, koalas and local council planning rules
https://theconversation.com/long-running-battle-ends-in-a-win-for-residents-koalas-and-local-council-planning-rules-96263https://theconversation.com/long-running-battle-ends-in-a-win-for-residents-koalas-and-local-council-planning-rules-96263
Koala protections prompt ‘serious new threat’ to NSW’s native forests
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/conservation/koala-protections-prompt-serious-new-threat-to-nsw-s-native-forests-20180516-p4zfk0.htmlhttps://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/conservation/koala-protections-prompt-serious-new-threat-to-nsw-s-native-forests-20180516-p4zfk0.html
The peculiar case of koala gut biomes
https://theaggie.org/2018/05/14/the-peculiar-case-of-koala-gut-biomes/https://theaggie.org/2018/05/14/the-peculiar-case-of-koala-gut-biomes/
Nelson Bay Wins With $3M Government Grant To Fund Koala Hospital At One Mile Beach
http://www.newsofthearea.com.au/nelson-bay-wins-3m-government-grant-fund-koala-hospital-one-mile-beach-40332http://www.newsofthearea.com.au/nelson-bay-wins-3m-government-grant-fund-koala-hospital-one-mile-beach-40332
Gunnedah’s Project Koala: How drinkers might help save our own Blinky
https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5403090/helping-save-our-koalas/https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5403090/helping-save-our-koalas/
‘NSW Koala Strategy’ kisses conservation goodbye
https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/nsw-koala-strategy-kisses-conservation-goodbye,11485https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/nsw-koala-strategy-kisses-conservation-goodbye,11485
Koala conservationists up in arms over Port Stephens Council proposal to sell Foreshore Drive land
https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/5386995/lot-sale-to-put-squeeze-on-waterfront-access-at-mambo/https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/5386995/lot-sale-to-put-squeeze-on-waterfront-access-at-mambo/
Five-kilometre koala fence for Picton Road
https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5389596/five-kilometre-koala-fence-for-picton-road/https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5389596/five-kilometre-koala-fence-for-picton-road/
Gunnedah mayor Jamie Chaffey and Tamworth ecologist Phil Spark weigh in on NSW Government’s koala strategy
https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5391574/governments-koala-strategy-draws-mixed-reviews-from-locals/https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5391574/governments-koala-strategy-draws-mixed-reviews-from-locals/
Tamworth Regional Landcare hosts koala habitat field day
https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5391463/landholders-learn-to-give-koala-care-from-the-states-best/https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5391463/landholders-learn-to-give-koala-care-from-the-states-best/
Prevalence of Chlamydia pecorum in Juvenile Koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus) and Evidence for Protection from Infection via Maternal Immunization.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29733767https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29733767
Planned fences will protect Picton Road koalas
https://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/5384966/planned-fences-will-protect-picton-road-koalas/?cs=1437https://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/5384966/planned-fences-will-protect-picton-road-koalas/?cs=1437
Port Macquarie Koala Hospital staff comment on state government’s Koala Strategy
https://www.camdencourier.com.au/story/5385926/koala-preservation-funding-welcomed/https://www.camdencourier.com.au/story/5385926/koala-preservation-funding-welcomed/
Gunnedah’s Martine Moran and Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson welcome state government koala funding
https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5385464/koala-experts-welcome-state-government-koala-strategy/https://www.nvi.com.au/story/5385464/koala-experts-welcome-state-government-koala-strategy/
Port Stephens koalas given $3m boost
https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5383590/3m-koala-hospital-on-way-in-government-push-to-protect-icon/https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5383590/3m-koala-hospital-on-way-in-government-push-to-protect-icon/
NSW Government announces koala reserves to conserve declining population
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-06/new-parks-for-koalas-to-breed-to-save-iconic-species-in-nsw/9732854http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-06/new-parks-for-koalas-to-breed-to-save-iconic-species-in-nsw/9732854
‘Time to act’ on the plight of koalas
https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/time-to-act-on-the-plight-of-koalas/3406105/https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/time-to-act-on-the-plight-of-koalas/3406105/
NSW Koala Strategy
The NSW Koala Strategy sets out actions for the first three years of a longer-term vision to stabilise and increase koala populations across the State. During this first phase the NSW Government have committed $44.7 million to stabilise koala populations. This funding...
Port Stephens Council and community groups establish koala street trees under Environmental Trust
https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/5381984/koalas-treated-to-10000-new-trees-across-tomaree-peninsula/https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/5381984/koalas-treated-to-10000-new-trees-across-tomaree-peninsula/
Qld govt response to koala report slammed
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/qld-govt-response-to-koala-report-slammedhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/qld-govt-response-to-koala-report-slammed