Logging in forest earmarked for koala national park increasing under NSW Labor, analysis finds

Dailan Pugh, the president of the North East Forest Alliance, says logging is continuing in areas the NSW government has ‘identified as high density for koalas’. Photograph: Matthew Starling/Getty Images

Logging of native forest in the proposed “Great Koala national park” in northern New South Wales has intensified since the Minns government took office, according to new analysis by conservation advocates.

The report, which the state’s forestry corporation disputes, found 7,185 hectares (17,700 acres) had been logged within the promised park in the 21 months since the March 2023 state election.