At our house which Mum says is our home there is this huge big picture thing and every day when Mum says “come on Mr. Darcy, let us watch the news”, all sorts of things come in to our lounge room. It ... read more
Christmas is nearly upon us and I do hope that you are ordering your gifts from our Catalogue. If you haven’t received one, email us and we can send it out. Since my last Diary a lot has ... read more
I know, I know, I am always talking about snakes and today is no exception. When we went to bed last night a little snake got caught on the door of our bedroom and Mum had to get my friend Bill to ... read more
Inspired by the work of the Australian Koala Foundation, primary school children came together to plant a Koala habitat near Mount Warrenheip last month. The mountain, located nine kilometres east of ... read more
The rise of social media has created a powerful platform for the Australian Koala Foundation to share its mission to the world, giving the Koala a real voice in the fight for its survival. Over 26, ... read more
Hurricane Sandy is still pounding the East Coast of America and Australians are sending prayers and well wishes to those that are suffering at the hands of Mother Nature. Both our continents know the ... read more
Quinlan’s. Well, you know I love Quinlan’s and even though I am still a little bit scared, I want to tell you a story. You have to promise that after I tell you, that you will still love Quinlan’s ... read more
Deborah will be holding a press conference at the AKF headquarters on Thursday 18 th October at 11 a.m. to comment on Queensland Minister Powell’s recent announcements for koala conservation in ... read more
One of my routines, here at AKF is to read each and every Koala carers newsletter from around the country. I have done that since day dot – 1st February, 1988. Over those many years I have seen ... read more
Save the Koala Month is nearly over and boy have I been busy. Sending out donation boxes, getting ticks (I had 7 one day) and watching a bird that lives at our place make a HuuuuGGGGGeeeee nest. We ... read more
Australian Koala Foundation CEO, Deborah Tabart OAM has written to Tony Burke; Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, seeking clarity on the powers of the EPBC ... read more
A recent sighting of a Koala in Koala Beach Estate, on the northern New South Wales coast has got us all talking here in the Australian Koala Foundation office. For those of you that don’t know, ... read more
Wildlife Heroes by Julie Scardina and Jeff Flocken profiles the work of 40 charismatic environmentalists who have devoted their lives to helping species survive. Included is non-other than our very ... read more
TREES THAT WILL SAVE THE KOALA AUSTRALIAN KOALA FOUNDATION RELEASES NEW RESEARCH The Australian Koala Foundation has today released the results of research which has established a list of key tree ... read more
Happy Save the Koala Month to everyone. We hope you are out celebrating how much you love Koalas and in doing so, raise much needed funds for our work. Remember, the AKF never takes any sort of ... read more
September is Save the Koala Month, the annual awareness and fundraising campaign of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF). The AKF is the principal not for profit, non-government organisation which ... read more
Yesterday I gave a paper at a famous Zoo Conference and I told everyone about how I write for PETS Magazine and that I have a Blog and that I write about being a good boy and never chase wildlife and ... read more
Over the weekend I spent several hours on the phone to United States attorneys about the Koala Protection Bill. As you know AKF has wanted this for many years and I am now convinced that it is ... read more
Board meeting today, so I am very busy. It is our busiest time of the year. I just had to go out for a quick walk and met some lovely girls from John Paul College who just thought I was adorable. ... read more
Our supporter of the month, Paul D. May is a passionate “eco-warrior”. Thanks to his perseverance and his thirst for knowledge he has met various environmentalists, including Deborah Tabart, whose ... read more
We get a lot of people enquiring about VOLUNTEERING at AKF and we thought we should let you know what it's like. I have been volunteering for 3 months now and I can’t tell you how much I have learned ... read more
I am back in Australia and very glad to be home. Sometimes though, looking at things from far away can give you new perspectives and I must confess I have returned home, like all Australians very ... read more
OK Mum is back and she told me that I am going to be very very busy over the next couple of months and guess what I will be two years old in October. She said I am starting to look like a DOG, not a ... read more
Mum is away and we miss her very much. I want her to come home but she says she is learning a lot about how to protect the Koalas in Victoria and South Australia. How can people not want to protect ... read more
I am currently attending the IABC Conference in Chicago. You may remember I won the IABC Excel Award last year and this year I had the privilege of handing over the trophy to the next winner – ... read more
Mum said I have to tell you what happened at Quinlan’s at the Bush Tucker Lunch last weekend. When Mum saw me with a piece of chicken on a big metal stick that should have gone into the Pizza Oven, ... read more
I think in years to come, last week will be seen as an historic moment. I went to Canberra to be with Senator Bob Brown (a famous and incredibly respected politician and conservationist) and Senator ... read more
Oh my goodness, I am famous – look at me, when I was little, on the blog of http://www.socialdiary.com.au/ . There is a girl called Cathy who really fancies me and she wrote lovely things about me. I ... read more
My Commander-in-Chief is in Canberra and today she saw the first step in getting the Koala’s very own piece of legislation that will help to save koalas in the wild. Senator Bob Brown and ... read more
Tomorrow at 10.15 a.m. (Wednesday 23 rd May, 2012), Senator Bob Brown and Senator Larissa Waters will announce their intention to table a Koala Protection Bill in the Federal Parliament of Australia ... read more
My time in the bush has taught me so much. It’s pretty bad out there but I’ve learned to be tough and most importantly brave. I have made a big decision and I really think it will change ... read more
Great news everyone. I finally know how we can succeed in protecting my friends and me. I was thinking about the whole situation yesterday and felt lonely and lost when suddenly a beautiful feather ... read more
I just woke up having a horrible dream. We koalas will end up the same way as the Tasmanian Tiger. After it has been hunted for two decades by settlers the numbers where too small to secure its breed ... read more
I am back in the bush, well sort of. There is not much left. I have heard the horrible forecasts that there is only 20% of my natural habitat left, but seeing the reality is a nightmare. There are ... read more
In the weeks leading up to Minister Burke’s decision on 30 th April the campaign in favour of the koala really ramped up. We received plenty of interest from the world’s leading news organisations ... read more
It is with cautious celebrations that we welcomed Minister Tony Burke’s announcement on 30 th April. Koalas in Queensland, News South Wales and the ACT are now classified as vulnerable while those in ... read more
After a long and hard fight for my wild cousins and myself I feel defeated/lost. It looks like my dream of a sustainable future and a federal protection with lots of yummy gumtrees has failed. I have ... read more
The AKF is proud to introduce you to our first German celebrity supporter: Actress Valea Scalabrino who plays Sina Uhland in the daily soap “Unter Uns.” We were looking for a young, fresh face to ... read more
Today is a very important day for koalas and Mum is very busy writing and talking to people. It has been raining a lot too. When I got back from Quinlan’s one of our native animals on the property ... read more
The big day has finally arrived: After a series of delays Minister Tony Burke announced his decision to list the koala as Vulnerable across Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT . The AKF´s CEO ... read more
The Australian Koala Foundation has welcomed with caution, the listing of the koala as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act by the Minister today, but is shocked and saddened that the koalas in Victoria ... read more
In the lead up to Minister Tony Burke's decision on whether to list the koala, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has received a large amount of media interest. The AKF's CEO Deborah Tabart OAM ... read more
Yesterday was ANZAC Day - a day where we commemorate those who have fallen in war for freedom and the principles that our country holds dear. Interestingly enough last week we found this image of a ... read more
Last night I spoke in a small community hall in the bush and the subject was “Do Koala Offsets Work?". A koala offset policy is basically this: a developer buys or owns a piece of land ... read more
It's estimated that there are fewer than 100,000 koalas left in Australia, so why is it so hard to agree on a national approach to save them? Australian Koala Foundation CEO Deborah Tabart OAM ... read more
Where did last year go? We probably need to apologise for the lack of good communication. All we can say is that we have just been flat out with the Senate Inquiry and with huge changes here at AKF. ... read more
We would like to introduce you to one of our ardent supporters Veronique Kuijer from the Netherlands. Veronique has been actively involved with the Australian Koala Foundation since 2001 and makes it ... read more
Every week we receive letters and emails from wonderful koala people from across the world who have taken it upon themselves to help save the koala. There is no set mould for these special people but ... read more
A lot’s been happening at the AKF office lately. We have said good-bye to Jane Mathers, who served the Foundation for over 17 years and welcomed new people. Yes! The AKF has had a make-over. It has a ... read more
On the 30 th April, 2012 Minister Burke is due to announce his decision about whether to list the koala and I do not hold out hope that he will give a blanket cover to protect koalas across the ... read more
NASA has announced its newest recruit this morning. Rodney the koala will join the ISS team on 1 st April 2012. Rodney is following three former Australian astronauts Philip K. Chapman , Paul Scully- ... read more
The Australian Koala Foundation has accused the state government of "appalling science" to bolster koala numbers in its latest koala population survey so it would not lose koala planning control to ... read more
Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman has announced plans to put aside $22.5 million to acquire koala habitats for preservation, $3.2 million for researching and $800,000 to help ... read more
Smiling Bear has been created by Guy Paterson, who has a long history in the art and design industry. His inspiration for Smiling Bear comes from the laid back, feel-good Australian lifestyle. The ... read more
Gosh what a busy day today. I am in the office rearing to go and guess what – there are a whole lot of people I HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE!! Rose is here and I love Rose. She always has treats for me and ... read more
Our CEO, Deborah Tabart OAM, predicted the outcome and yesterday it became a reality. Minister Burke has delayed the decision regarding the listing of the koala for another 10 weeks. Despite this we’ ... read more
As I predicted Minister Burke is postponing the decision to list the koala for a further 10 weeks . I’m sure you as global supporters see this as just another obstacle that we must overcome ... read more
D-Day Minus Two I am hearing from journalists that Minister Burke may delay his decision on the koala listing which is due this Friday 17 th February. They say it is because they have too many ... read more
It is D-DAY, (Decision Day) this Friday 17 th February when Minister Burke is supposed to decide on whether to list the koala. Over this last weekend an article appeared in two of our most ... read more
Happy New Year! I am glad to be back, and at the moment the team and I are planning for a great year of achievements for our organisation so that we remain strong and clear for the koala. Until we ... read more
Happy New Year! Thank you for my Christmas cards. Mum read them to me and there is now a new sign on the office door because I am not really a puppy anymore. Thank you Peter! You always remember me. ... read more
Beautiful Victoria’s Secret super model Miranda Kerr loves koalas! Why? Because she’s the girl from Gunnedah, koala capital of the world, and grew up seeing them in her back yard. Sadly koalas are ... read more
We are proud to announce that AKF’s CEO Deborah Tabart OAM has won the 2011 Excellence in Communication Leadership (EXCEL) Award from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). ... read more
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown has successfully moved for a new Senate inquiry to assess the threats to and management of koalas across the country. The Inquiry into the status, health and ... read more
