Media Releases 2024
Love Among the Gum Trees: Koala of the Month Award
14 February 2024
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is delighted to announce the Koala of the Month award for February, introducing two special Koalas with an extraordinary love story.
Media Releases 2023
Saving 20% of Australia: The Urgent Action Needed for Koalas in 2024
15 November 2023
In 2024, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) will be taking a stronger stance on the
critical issue of Koala survival, emphasising that only species-specific legislation can ensure
their protection.
The Sky’s the Limit for Koala Conservation
15 November 2023
On 19 November 2023, a group of brave women are taking their dedication to Koala conservation to new heights. Partnering with the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) and joining the ranks of the Koala Army, these daredevils are gearing up for a skydiving spectacle in support of the Koala Protection Act.
From larrikin to leader: Jimmie Jams named Koala of the Month
2 November 2023
The Australian Koala Foundation is thrilled to announce Koala of the month award, which celebrates and spotlights remarkable Koalas who embody the Australian spirit.
Tennis prodigy sponsored by the Australian Koala Foundation
1 November 2023
The Australian Koala Foundation is very excited to announce a multi-year sponsorship of the skilled junior wheelchair sportsman, Benjamin Wenzel.
Embrace the Christmas Spirit with Koalas
26 October 2023
Christmas is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the season of giving than by showing your love for one of Australia’s most iconic aniamls – the Koala? The AKF is thrilled to announce the launch og the Koala Christmas Catalogue.
Koalas: Australia’s Love Language
24 October 2023
The Australian Koala Foundation, the leading non-profit NGO dedicated to the conservation and management of the wild Koala and its habitat, unveils a heartwarming collection of Koala-themed treasures donated by supporters.
Armed Koalas Losing the War on Nature
29 September 2023
For centuries, Australians have been waging war on our environment and there’s no arguing the Koalas are on the losing side. With the relentless onlaught on their natural habitat and countless more challenges that threaten their population, the significance of Save the Koala Day has never been more important.
National Threatened Species Day shines a spotlight on Australia’s precious koalas
6 September 2023
As Australia prepares to commemorate National Threatened Species Day on September 7, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is leading efforts to protect one of its most iconic and endangered species, the Koala.
Australia’s leading koala conservation organisation sets up shop in picturesque Gwydir Shire: Must-visit attraction for grey nomads and tourists
4th September 2023
Australian Koala Foundation’s iconic Save the Koala Shop has moved to Warialda, NSW – making it a must-visit attraction for grey nomads and tourists eager to help protect the nation’s favourite animal.
Australians to unite as koala heroes for Save the Koala Month
1 September 2023
Starting September 1st, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) celebrates the annual Save the Koala Month. This month-long celebration highlights the vital necessity for koala conservation and habitat protection, inpiring individuals to engage in various conservation efforts and become koala heroes.
Shop with Heart: The accessible way to support Koala Conservation
29 August 2023
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is pleased to announce the revival of its online store ‘Save the Koala Shop’, offering supporters a direct opportunity to contribute to Koala conservation.
Last minute Father’s Day gifts that have an everlasting effect
24 August 2023
With Father’s Day quickly approaching (3rd September), the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is encouraging those seeking last-minute gifts to embrace the spirit of giving with choices that carry a timeless impact.
Save the Koala Month! How Aussies can be a true hero to our True Blue Aussies
8 August 2023
From subtle emblems on our clothes or bags, to the plush toys proudly brandished alongside our flags, the image of the Koala is deeply ingrained in our nation’s identity. However, with their primary habitat disappearing and home range shrinking, the Koala is in need of our nation’s full support.
The eco-friendly giftshop that gives back: Koala themed online store relaunches to help save Australia’s most iconic animal
1 July 2023
With the click of a button, Australians and people overseas can help protect the nation’s iconic animal, the Koala by purchasing products from the new-and-improved online Save the Koala Shop which has officially launched today.
Be a Koala Hero during Save the Koala Month!
22 June 2023
September is almost here and that means it is nearly time to celebrate Save the Koala Month. This annual event is an opportunity to raise awareness about the need to protect koalas and their habitats and to take action to save help them.
Koala Personality Quiz: Match with your perfect Koala
20 April 2023
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has updated its Koala Personality Quiz to give new Koalas to the adoption program a chance to let their personalities shine.
Flawed habitat maps could derail Koala election commitments: experts voice grave concerns over NSW Government’s new vegetation mapping
20 March 2023
With the NSW Election coming up this weekend, both sides of politics have outlined ambitious new policies to save the Koala, however, these could inevitably become toothless tigers due to flawed vegetation mapping recently released by the NSW State Government.
Media Releases 2022
Koala Kiss Project comes to town with Warialda Workshop
13 Dec 2022
A ground-breaking initiative to ensure the long-term survival of Koalas will be the focus of a momentous workshop in NSW’s Gwydir Shire – home of Australia’s first ‘Koala Kiss’ site.
Australian Koala Foundation announces first ‘Koala Kiss Site’
28 Nov 2022
The nation’s first Koala Kiss Site, which is part of the larger Koala Kiss Project has been announced by the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) today, to ensure abundant Koala populations in 50 years.
AKF calls for moratorium on critical Koala habitat
30 Sep 2022
September 30 marks ‘Save the Koala Day’ and the Australian Koala Foundation is calling on the Federal Environment Minister, Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, to use her Ministerial powers in NSW, QLD and ACT to do more to protect the Koala.
Koala Lullaby kicks off Save the Koala Month
1 Sep 2022
September is Save the Koala Month and this year the Australian Koala Foundation is launching with a sweet Koala Lullaby by Australian composer and educator, Donna Dyson.
Love is in the air this September for Save the Koala Month
17 August 2022
Save the Koala Month is fast approaching and it’s time to celebrate and support this much-loved Australian icon! September is also prime Koala mating season when the shy marsupials are on the move looking for love. The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has created the 30 Days/30 Ways to Save the Koala social media campaign so supporters can also show their love for Koalas.
The Koala does not have time to wait while Government re-writes federal laws
11 July 2022
“The fate of the Koala rests in your hands” – AKF calls for the new Environment Minister to support the Koala Protection Act
20 June 2022
AKF Chair Deborah Tabart OAM, says she has written to the new Minister requesting to sit down and discuss the plight of the Koala and what needs to be done to save them, starting with the Koala Protection Act. Read here
Australian Koala Foundation takes aim at the political dills with the launch of the ‘Koala Army’s Guide to Democracy’
3 May 2022
Prime Minister invited to Australian Koala Foundation HQ, following zero consultation in the lead up to major Koala funding announcement
1 February 2022
Media Releases 2021
30% of all Australia’s remaining koalas lost in just 3 years
20 September 2021
Save the Koala with Kisses
1 September 2021
30 Days 30 Ways to Save the Koala
9 August 2021
Prepare to be a hero this September!
9 August 2021
Actions speak louder than words
2 August 2021
Media Releases 2020
’30 Days, 30 Ways to Save the Koala’ Save the Koala Month
2 September 2020
September is upon us and so is the annual fundraising and awareness campaign Save the Koala Month (STKM) from the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF). Read here
The Australian Koala Foundation releases “KOALA QUIZ”
21 May 2020
Media Releases 2019
Koalas Ahoy!
19 December 2019
An iconic species and an iconic yacht race are a perfect match to highlight the plight of the Koala for the 2019 Sydney to hobart Yacht Race beginning in Sydney on Boxing Day 2019. read here.
Australian Koala Foundation warns the NSW Government, the Koala is in trouble
17 October 2019
“The common acceptance of Koala extinction by 2050 gives a false sense of security. The time for protecting Koala habitat is now” says Chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) Deborah Tabart OAM. read here.
Prepare to be a hero this September!
30 May 2019
This year the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) celebrates 30 years of their annual fundraising and awareness campaign Save the Koala Month (STKM).
“Each day we receive amazing stories from all over the world from people who are passionate about saving Koalas. STKM is a marvellous time where we get to celebrate our love for Koalas while raising imperative funds for their protection” says Chairman of the AKF Deborah Tabart OAM…. read here.
Australian Koala Foundation calls on the new Prime Minister to protect the Koala
10 May 2019
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) believes Koalas may be functionally extinct in the entire landscape of Australia. In letters to Prime Minister Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Deborah Tabart OAM, Chairman of the AKF said the Koala’s fate is in their hands. The AKF has received no response… read here.
“I Need a Hero” The Australian Koala Foundation launches new campaign in preparation for Save the Koala Month
18 April 2019
September is fast approaching and so is the annual fundraising and awareness campaign Save the Koala Month (STKM) from the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF)… read here.
Media Releases 2018
Save the Koala Month this September is here!
30 August 2018
Media Releases 2017
Documentary Cultivating Murder to premiere in Brisbane next week
14 November 2017
Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg shirks responsibility on Koala recovery
6 February 2017
NSW Koala Strategy based on poor data; AKF not consulted
3 February 2017
The Australian Koala Foundation has contacted the NSW State Government expressing grave concerns on the development of the NSW Koala Strategy.
50-year South-East Qld Regional Plan fails to address Koala conservation
6 February 2017
The Australian Koala Foundation has written to the Qld Deputy Premier and Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, the Hon. Jacklyn Trad highlighting the absence of any meaningful proposals regarding the conservation of Koalas and Koala Habitat in the state.
Letter to Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg on NSW Koala Strategy and SEQ Regional Plan
6 February 2017
The Australian Koala Foundation has written to Environment Minister, the Hon. Josh Frydenberg, querying whether he has abrogated his responsibility as custodian of the Koala in Australia, by deferring policy-making to the states.
Media Releases 2016
How $3 million per year can save vulnerable Koala habitat
23 November 2016
Dog families and Save The Koala Month 2016
19 August 2016
Save The Koala Month 2016 – Help save the Koala
1 August 2016
Koala Protection Act sent to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
20 May 2016
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has written to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce and Greens Leader Richard Di Natale today to request their support for a Koala Protection Act.
Media Releases 2015
Snuggle up with ‘Koala Stories’ this Christmas
November 2015
The Koala Woman, or Deborah Tabart OAM if you’re going by her real name, has shared her warm-hearted tales in her first book titled Koala Stories released this week.
93,000 mistakes: Government continues to fail Cape Otway Koalas
9 October 2015
The Victorian Government has planted 93,000 trees of the wrong species in an ill-informed attempt to protect the starving Koala population of Cape Otway, and to cover up a secret culling of our native icon, according to the Australian Koala Foundation.
AKF calling for oversight of new Koala cull
19 September 2015
AKF: Shocking figures reveal devastating impact of Koala fur trade
24 August 2015
Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) reserach has revealed at least 8 million Koala were killed for the fur trade, with their pelts shipped to London, United States and Canada between 1888 and 1927.
Australia media release
UK media release
USA media release
Experts call on politicians to step up and protect Koalas
August 2015
Save The Koala Month is coming, are you ready?
August 2015
Poor mapping allows projects to slip through NSW approvals process
14 July 2015
The New South Wales State Government cannot make informed decisions on projects that impact the environment, including the Shenhua mine, because the State’s vegetation mapping is totally inadequate.
Vulnerable Koala Listing in Queensland a Political Stunt
1 June 2015
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has today labelled the Queensland Government’s recent decision to list the Koala as a vulnerable species under the Nature Conservation Act a political stunt.
Koala Culling – Australian Koala Foundation’s Stance
26 May 2015
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is condemning the Victorian Government’s announcement that further Koala culls may be imminent in the Cape Otway region in Victoria.
Noosa Council Urged to Listen to Expert Koala Advice
9 April 2015
The AKF has offered their expertise to Noosa Council, on the back of the announcement that the Council is gathering information to develop its Koala Management Policy.
AKF Holds Secret Two-Day Briefing for Koala Protection Act
March 2015
The Australian Koala Foundation is hosting a confidential two-day briefing for national Koala groups, as a launch of their campaign to enact a Koala Protection Act.
‘Canberra Fiddles While Fires Burn’ – AKF
January 2015
The Australian Koala Foundation is hosting a confidential two-day briefing for national Koala groups, as a launch of their campaign to enact a Koala Protection Act.
Media Releases 2014
November 2014
Obama Called On to Help Save The Koala
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At the recent G20 Summit in Brisbane, the world’s leaders were all smiles as they had the opportunity to cuddle and take pictures with our national icon, the Koala. Now, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is calling on US President Barack Obama to help save them.
September 2014
There’s Still Time to Save the Koala in September
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September is Save the Koala Month; the annual fundraising and awareness campaign from the Australian Koala Foundation, with Save the Koala Day on September 26th.
August 2014
Save The Koala in September
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September is Save the Koala Month; the annual fundraising and awareness campaign from the Australian Koala Foundation.
June 2014
AKF issues warning on the Watermark Coal Project in Gunnedah NSW
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The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has today lodged a submission with the Planning Assessment Commission currently reviewing the Watermark Coal Project for the New South Wales Government, warning of our concerns with the project.
PLEASE NOTE: From 2011 (Senate Inquiry), 2012 (Koala listing) & 2013, Deborah communicated with the press via her Diary. March 2012
Koala Woman: speaks at International Womens Day Event
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Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation spoke today at the Friends of Ipswich Library Service about inspiring others to make improvements within their own communities.
November 2011
Koala Woman: networking with the best
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Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation, will be speaking at the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Queensland’s Networking with the best function on Wednesday 30th November…
November 2011
Koala Woman: Can you be cruel to be kind?
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Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) will be her usual frank self when dealing with the issue of wild dogs at the upcoming Communities and Wildlife Management Conference…
November 2011
*** INTERVIEW AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITY*** Prue Acton: leave the land in a better state than we found it
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Iconic Australian fashion designer and activist Prue Acton OBE is in Queensland to help the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) highlight the threat posed by mining to both farmland and koalas…
November 2011
*** MEDIA ALERT AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITY*** St George Girls High School meet their adopted Koala
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As part of their Green Day activities the year sevens will get to meet Rose from Featherdale Wildlife Park, the koala St George Girls High School sponsor through the Australian Koala Foundation’s (AKF) Adopt-a-Koala program…
November 2011
Green Day to Help Save Koalas
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St George Girls High School is helping save koalas by raising much needed awareness and funds during their Green Day on Wednesday, 16th November…
November 2011
Prue and Pia Help Celebrate 50 Years of Frocks and Friendship
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If you are still coveting a Prue Acton original in the back of your closet November is the time pull it out of the plastic and catch the bus to Goombungee to celebrate “Forging Friendships with Food and Frocks”, an event hosted by the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF)…
October 2011
Koala Woman calls for Minister Burke to take action
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In a letter to Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke, Deborah Tabart OAM has called for Mr Burke to take urgent action on the recommendations of the Final Report from the Senate Inquiry into the status of Australia’s koala population…
October 2011
MEDIA CALL: 12 Noon 04 October 2011 – Deborah Tabart OAM to talk about Senate Inquiry
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Following the release of the Senate Inquiry report into the status of Australia’s koala population Deborah Tabart OAM has taken some time away from the office to tend to the Australian Koala Foundation’s (AKF) sustainable property Quinlans on the Sunshine Coast…
September 2011
Adopt-A-Koala for Save the Koala Day
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Friday 30th September is Save the Koala Day and the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is asking everyone to celebrate and help save the koala by adopting their very own…
September 2011
MEDIA ALERT: Senate releases findings on koala population
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The Environment and Communications References Committee is due to release the findings and recommendations from its inquiry into the Status, health and sustainability of the koala population tomorrow…
September 2011
Maze koalas send ‘cuddles’ to their wild cousins
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September is Save the Koala Month and The Maze Family Fun Park is holding a Cuddles for Koalas event to support the
Australian Koala Foundation (AKF).
September 2011
Is the Australian Government prepared to sacrifice northern Koalas for inbred southerners?
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“One could, perhaps cynically, argue that the Federal Government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) has in effect ruled they are comfortable with the loss of all koalas from Queensland and New South Wales…
September 2011
Kinross Rd Development has the Potential to Endanger Koalas
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A resident of Redland City has used the Australian Koala Foundation’s KoalaMap to demonstrate to the Queensland Government that a proposed urban development will severely impact on koala habitat…
August 2011
MEDIA CALL: 10:30am 1st September 2011 – Erin McNaught to meet 4 month old Koala Joey Lira
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MTV VJ Erin McNaught will be at Featherdale Wildlife Park on Thursday launching Save the Koala Month…
August 2011
‘SAVE THE KOALA MONTH 2011’
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September is ‘Save the Koala Month’, the annual awareness and fundraising initative of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF)…
July 2011
The ‘Koala Woman’ visits the Otways before Senate Hearing
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The CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation Deborah Tabart OAM will be in Victoria from Wednesday 27th July, in readiness for the third Senate Inquiry hearing into the status, health and sustainability of Australia’s koala population…
June 2011
Koala Woman asking the World to Cuddle for Koalas
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Deborah Tabart OAM, the CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) yesterday set Communication Professionals from all around the world a $5 million challenge…
June 2011
MEDIA ALERT: Koala Woman Seeking Supporters in Washington DC
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Deborah Tabart OAM, the CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is touring the United States asking Americans to help save the koala and will be in Washington DC from 16th – 23rd June…
June 2011
MEDIA ALERT: Koala Woman Coming to San Diego
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Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) will be in San Diego to receive the prestigious International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) EXCEL Award and issue a $5 million challenge to IABC members.
June 2011
The Koala Calls on U.S. Friends
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Deborah Tabart OAM, the Koala Woman, has touched down in the United States, seeking support to stop the freefall of Australia’s wild koala population.
June 2011
Media Alert: Erin McNaught ‘Cuddles for Koalas’
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Pictures and footage of Erin McNaught with Sydney Wildlife World’s iconic Australia koalas.
Former Miss Australia Erin McNaught has been announced as the Australian Koala Foundation’s
‘Cuddles for Koalas’ ambassador.
May 2011
Research Dollars not a Long Term Solution for Koala Survival
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Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation is concerned that the official response to the declining population will be to throw funds at research and the development of vaccines while avoiding the crucial action of listing the koala as vulnerable and protecting remaining koala habitat.
May 2011
Koala Woman Prepared to Appear Before Inquiry in Camera
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Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF), has released her opening statement to Senate Inquiry into the status, health and sustainability of the koala, due to start hearing evidence in Brisbane on Tuesday 3rd May...
May 2011
Koala Woman to Give Evidence at Senate Inquiry
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In the days before the Senate Inquiry into the status, health and sustainability of the koala isdue to start hearing evidence in Brisbane on Tuesday 3rd May, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has issued a suite of media releases...
March 2011
INTERACTIVE WEBSITE MAPS OUT KOALAS’ FUTURE
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An innovative new online mapping portal that will mobilise communities to help protect koalas and their habitats was launched today by Esri Australia and the Australia Koala Foundation (AKF)…
March 2011
MEDIA ALERT: New Koala Maps Are “Dynamite”: Tabart
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The launch of Australian koala foundation’s new koala mapping portal on Thursday could change the influence communities have on their state and local Governments and local authorities….
March 2011
DEBORAH TABART OAM, CEO OF AUSTRALIAN KOALA FOUNDATION, TO RECEIVE IABC EXCEL AWARD
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Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF), has been selected to receive the 2011 Excellence in Communication Leadership (EXCEL) Award from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)…
March 2011
KOALA WOMAN COMMITTED TO MAPPING
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The CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) Ms. Deborah Tabart OAM will be taking the stage with the Associate Professor Julian Cribb, Professor Paul Martin and Tim Wright as they talk about the serious issues facing Australia and one of our most important food bowls.
SEPT 2010
SEPTEMEBER IS SAVE THE KOALA MONTH
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With wild koala numbers estimated to be less than 80,000 and possibly as low as 43,000 the AKF is asking everybody to help raise awareness of the plight of our much loved, globally famous and rapidly disappearing national icon by taking an active role in Save the Koala Month….
MAY 2010
GARRETT TAKEN TO TASK OVER ‘SHOCKING BEHAVIOUR’
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In a letter to Minister for Environment Protection, the Hon Peter Garrett MP, The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has described his move to potentially list the koala as ‘conservation dependant’ rather than ‘vulnerable’ under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) as shocking…
MAY 2010
SOS FOR KOALAS
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On 6th May 2010 Deborah Tabart OAM CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) will be leading a workshop with SOS Liverpool Plains, a collective of women dedicated to the support of the Caroona Coal Action Group…“Protection of the Australian landscape is inextricably linked to koalas, the environment, food production and resource extraction – issues that directly affect every Australian”, Ms Tabart said…
MAR 2010
SE QLD GROWTH SPELLS EXTINCTION FOR KOALAS
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“Koalas will certainly NOT be on the Agenda for the upcoming Growth Summit on the 30th March because the Premier basically wants to ignore the problem”, claims Ms. Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation…
MAR 2010
BLIGH PROTESTETH TOO MUCH!
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Like Hamlet, Premier Bligh is protesting too much about where her political donations will come from. Despite Ms. Bligh ’s claims that she will limit ‘developer’ donations to no more than $1000, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation Ms. Deborah Tabart OAM believes this is not going to stop developers claiming their ‘pound of flesh’ in the form of large tracts of koala habitat…
DEC 2009
KOALA’S ADVICE TO PRIME MINISTER RUDD LIVE FROM COPENHAGEN
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As Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd seeks to negotiate a global agreement between developed and developing nations to tackle climate change, the Australian Koala Foundation wants to remind him to take care of his own backyard before telling other nations how to manage theirs…
DEC 2009
KOALA’S ADVICE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA LIVE FROM COPENHAGEN
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“President Obama, you have the ability to lead the world out of this and yet your forests in Oregon are going down very very fast. “So you can’t tell the Third World ‘don’t do what I’m doing’…
DEC 2009
GIRL GUIDES TAKE NO TREE NO ME TO THE WORLD
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Girl Guides Copenhagen delegate Abyilene McGuire has pledged to take the Foundation’s message of No Tree No Me to the Guide’s 10 million members across the globe. Imagine if these 10 million girls and young women each committed to finding and protecting one tree – that’s 10 million trees around the planet…
DEC 2009
AKF RESPONDS TO IUCN RED LISTING KOALA
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In response to the IUCN top 10 Red listing of the koala, the Australian Koala Foundation has urged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to use his international platform at Copenhagen to announce the listing of the koala as an endangered species under the EPBC Act and more importantly its trees…
DEC 2009
KOALA KEY TO HITTING PROPOSED EMISSION-REDUCTION TARGET
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With Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd under immediate pressure to triple Australia’s unconditional emissions-reductions target by 2020, the Australian Koala Foundation says achieving this would be as simple as protecting Australia’s koala forests…
DEC 2009
KOALAS TELL COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS
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As the world turns to the United Nations Climate Change Conference for solutions to global warming, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has released groundbreaking research which proves protecting koala trees is an imperative step towards fighting climate change in Australia…
DEC 2009
BACKGROUND – AUSTRALIA’S KOALA WOMAN
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After 22 years fighting for Australia’s endangered koala population, Australian Koala Foundation CEO Deborah Tabart OAM has become one of Australia’s most celebrated and notorious conservationists and at the age of 58 feels like she is only just starting her career….
NOV 2009
EMAIL TRAIL FROM GARRETT’S DEPARTMENT PROVES IT HAS NO KOALA DATA
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As public pressure on Minister Garrett to list the koala as a vulnerable species continues to build, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) can reveal that an e-mail received from his department states it does not have the science to make an informed decision on the marsupial’s fate…
NOV 2009
KOALAS TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTION TO COPENHAGEN
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Alarming new research estimates it would take trillions of saplings planted across a land mass three times the size of Australia to replace the carbon stored in the koala forests on the east coast of Australia if they were destroyed by fire or deforestation…
NOV 2009
SCIENTISTS URGE KOALA LISTING
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The world’s leading koala experts have agreed the koala population is in trouble and should be listed as vulnerable under the Australian Federal Government’s EPBC Act. As part of a process which could see the species listed as vulnerable by September next year, 20 of Australia’s leading koala scientists met yesterday with the Government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee head to review the plight of Australia’s koala population…
NOV 2009
DRASTIC DECLINE IN KOALA FIGURES
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“The koalas are missing everywhere we look. The population in New South Wales has absolutely plummeted (5,435-8,800); the Queensland koala population (18,380-35,980) – which was traditionally a stronghold population – is showing a huge decline from irresponsible development; and in the west declines are clearly due to climate change…
OCT 2009
KOALAS TEACH WOMEN CHIEFS ABOUT THE FUTURE
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‘Koala Woman’ Deborah Tabart OAM is sharing secrets that the ‘Buddha of the Bush’, the koala, has taught her about a sustainable future…
SEPT 2009
STUDY SHOWS WESTERN QUEENSLAND KOALAS IN STEEP DECLINE
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Preliminary studies in Western Queensland are showing koala numbers have declined since the big drought of 2002-03 according to an Australian Koala Foundation funded study by the University of Queensland….
SEPT 2009
KOALAS ARE MISSING
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Footage from the Australian Koala Foundation will appear in one of the world’s most famous environmental art exhibitions when Maya Lin’s ‘What Is Missing?’ debuts at the Cal Academy in San Francisco next Friday…
SEPT 2009
SAM’S SAVIOUR SUPPORTS SAVE THE KOALA MONTH
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Wearing his yellow CFA uniform and hugging an arm load of Dreamworld’s koala joeys, Mr Tree couldn’t believe how appropriate the Save the Koala Month message of ‘No Tree No Me’ suited him…
AUGUST 2009
KOALA EXPERTS TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE
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The Australian Koala Foundation has this week submitted two documents detailing the Federal Government’s failure to produce meaningful strategies to adequately protect the koala…
JULY 2009
THREE ‘DEBS’ UNITE AGAINST DESPERATE KOALA DECLINES
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Three ‘Debs’ of the koala conservation world are coming together at Lone Pine Sanctuary today to press for urgent and cohesive State and Federal action to protect Southeast Queensland’s Koala Coast koala population…
JULY 2009
MINISTER’S KOALAS GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
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A healthy koala spotted in Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones’ Ashgrove electorate last week was removed under EPA instructions despite the State Government’s refusal to intervene in similar cases occurring regularly throughout the urban landscape…
JULY 2009
AUSTRALIAN KOALA FOUNDATION NAMED RECIPIENT OF NATURE’S PATH 2009 ENVIROKIDZ GIVING BACK AWARD
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The Australian Koala Foundation has announced it was named a recipient of Nature’s Path Organic Foods’ 2009 EnviroKidz Giving Back Award…
JULY 2009
KOALA WOMAN IN TOKYO
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The Koala Woman, Deborah Tabart OAM will be visiting Tokyo between the 6th and 10th of July to raise awareness about the plight of koalas…
JUNE 2009
FEDERAL ACTION URGENT FOR CATASTROPHIC KOALA DECLINES
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Garrett to list Southeast Queensland’s Koala Coast koala population as Critically Endangered immediately in light of new information released by the Queensland Government this week detailing catastrophic population declines in the region…
MAY 2009
KOALA EXPERTS MAKE VALUABLE SUBMISSION TO 2009 VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES ROYAL COMMISSION
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Better landuse planning in southern Australia could help koalas and people survive future fires, asserts the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF). This week, scientists from the AKF made a detailed formal submission to the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission… Read the full submission here
MAR 2009
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT WITHHOLDS DOCUMENTS THAT COULD SAVE THE KOALA
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The Australian Koala Foundation has called on Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to insist that the Queensland Government releases a crucial internal document which could help to protect the Southeast Queensland Koala Coast koala population…
MAR 2009
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT ‘SLAP-DASH’ MAPPING SET TO FAIL KOALA
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The Australian Koala Foundation has warned the Queensland Government’s new koala habitat mapping project will expose the South East Queensland koala population to extinction…
MAR 2009
SAY SORRY MR GARRETT
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The Australian Koala Foundation was told yesterday that their nomination for the Southeast Queensland koala population as a critically endangered species under Federal Environment laws would not proceed because “the form had not been filled in correctly”…
FEB 2009
LAND MANAGEMENT AND FIRE ‘ON OUR WATCH’
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CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation Deborah Tabart OAM has said the current fires in Victoria are yet another symptom of a poorly managed landscape…
DEC 2008
AKF NOMINATES SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND KOALA AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED :
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The Australian Koala Foundation has nominated the southeast Queensland koala population as critically endangered under Federal legislation ahead of a meeting of Australia’s top koala scientists in Canberra this Friday…
NOV 2008
NOW THAT’S A REAL BEAR! :
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That is what “Koala Woman” Deborah Tabart OAM will be saying when she sees her first Polar Bear in the wilds of Canada in November. Ms Tabart is swapping hemispheres to see how the koala can help save polar bears from the effects of global warming at Polar Bear Point, Churchill from the 12th to 19th November. …
NOV 2008
KOALA WOMAN’S CONTRIBUTION CELEBRATED :
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After twenty years as the Koala Woman, Deborah Tabart OAM has been recognised for her long term contributions at the Not-For-Profit CEO Awards last night…
OCT 2008
IUCN KOALA LISTING OUTDATED AND INACCURATE :
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CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation Deborah Tabart OAM has today said the IUCN Red List of threatened animal species excludes the koala because of inaccurate data and the Government entities behind it…
SEP 2008
DREAMWORLD’S KOALA JOEYS OPEN THEIR EYES TO A BIGGER PROBLEM :
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Six of Dreamworld’s cutest joey koalas will open their eyes to a bigger problem this Friday, when they leave mum’s pouch and unite to support Save The Koala Day activities…