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Lachlan G. Howell, Research Fellow | Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University

Morrison government spends $50 million saving koalas while taking away their homes

Zoos Victoria

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley is reportedly poised to decide whether some koala populations should be listed as endangered, as new research shows her government continues to approve land clearing in koala habitat.

Analysis released by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) on Tuesday found that in the decade since koalas were declared vulnerable to extinction, the federal government had approved the clearing of 25,000 hectares of the species’ habitat.

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