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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

NSW Labor accused of ‘fundamental breach of trust’ over logging in promised koala national park

Rataj Abdullah sitting in a camping chair with other protesters in the forest with placards nearby
Student Activist, Rataj Abdullah at camp Nunnguu to protest recent logging in the Newry state forest. Photograph: Simon Scott/Guardian Australia

The New South Wales government has been accused of stalling on a promise to create a national park to protect koalas as tension mounts over logging in the state’s northern forests.

Protesters and police have been engaged in a standoff, with both groups setting up forest camps, as logging takes place in the Newry state forest near the town of Bellingen, on the mid-north coast.

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