The Queensland government has introduced new land clearing laws that have enough loopholes to allow broadscale land clearing to continue unchecked. The Australian Koala Foundation has made a submission to the Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 (available to read here).
Read more about the laws here.
The NSW government has just announced a 45 million dollar Koala recovery plan. Deborah spoke to the BBC - listen to the interview here: Koalas clinging on for survival...
Ian and I were at Quinlan's recently when 218mm (8.5 inches) of rain came down. This gave our creek much needed water after a long summer. EK1 (a fig tree planted at Quinlan's by the Nature's Path tea...
