Koalas in the Sydney Basin are all but extinct thanks to legal loopholes in NSW environment and planning policies, a report warns.
The report commissioned by the Sydney Basin Koala Network says development approvals have caused significant habitat loss, compounding the effect of droughts, fires and floods, and put the cuddly national icon in imminent danger of extinction.
Total Environment Centre director Jeff Angel says the Sydney basin koala population has plummeted 22 per cent in two decades.
