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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Lisa Cox and Anne Davies

NSW stops logging in 106 ‘hubs’ on mid-north coast amid plans for koala national park

Two koalas sitting in a tree
NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe announces end of logging in 106 koala hubs on the mid-north coast following months of protests over logging in the proposed area of the great koala national park. Photograph: Martin Harvey/Getty Images

Logging in high value koala habitat on the New South Wales mid-north coast will cease immediately while the state government consults experts about plans to establish a great koala national park.

The announcement follows weeks of pressure from communities that had accused the Minns government of stalling on an election promise and allowing forestry operations to continue in areas that had been earmarked for the proposed park.

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