Latest AKF Media
Due to volume, it is virtually impossible for the AKF team to keep up to date with all of our International and Australian media. Read Deborah’s Diary or visit our Media Release page. You will find some of AKF’s key media appearances below.
AKF Radio Interviews
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC Mornings “Stradbroke Island” – 11 July 2022
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC Between the Lines “How they helped save the iconic Australian koala” – 10 June 2021
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC The World Today “Calls for action to save Koala populations” – 23 November 2020
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC Drive “Moreton Bay Koala Habitat” – 6 May 2020
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC Mornings “SEQ’s Koala Conservation Strategy” – 10 December 2019
Deborah Tabart OAM on 2ser Radio “How can we save the Koalas?” – 21 September 2019
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC Mornings – 9 August 2019
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC Drive – 3 June 2019
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC Mornings – 23 May 2019
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC The World Today – 15 December 2015 Source
Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC “Almost 700 Koalas killed in secret cull” – 4 March 2014 Source

Deborah Tabart OAM on ABC “Koalas to be protected” – 30 April 2012 Source
AKF Television
The Koala Manifesto 7News – 30 March 2021
Deborah Tabart OAM on BBC News – 7 May 2018
Koalas declared Functionally Extinct on Sunrise – 19 May 2019
Deborah Tabart OAM on Gardening Australia ‘All Creatures Great and Small’
26 August 2017 – ABC
AKF in the News
2022
Australian Koala Foundation calls for protection act
8 June 2022 – Bega Distract News
Now considered at risk of becoming extinct, koalas have suffered a startling decline in numbers and distribution over the last two decades. Following a final determination from the NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee on May 20, the status of koalas was changed to endangered, noting habitat loss had significantly affected population numbers. Numbers of the iconic marsupials are estimated to have fallen by 50 per cent over the last 20 years, the final determination noted.
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AKF in the News
2020
A look at koalas in Australian culture amid the fires that are devastating their population
12 January 2020 – ABC News
The estimated deaths of more than 25,000 koalas have left Australians fearful that the fate of the country’s native animals may end in functional extinction. Bushfires have transformed Australia’s scenic landscape to one ravaged by smoke, flames and ruin. The fires, which began in early-September, have claimed the lives of 25 people, destroyed more than 2,000 homes, and left an estimated 1 billion animals dead. Read full story
(SPANISH / ESPANOL) El koala: un inocente marsupial en peligro de extinción
10 January 2020 – La Vanguardia SPANISH / ESPANOL
Los incendios forestales que afectan diversas zonas de Australia han calcinado en poco más de dos meses cinco millones de hectáreas, una superficie equivalente a la suma de la extensión total de Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria y el País Vasco. Lee mas
Australia’s Bushfires Bring Mounting Pressure to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
8 January 2020 – IPS
As nature’s fury wreaked havoc across Australia, reducing to ashes all that came in its way – people, flora, fauna, picturesque historic towns and villages once popular with local and overseas tourists – it was unlike anything the country had witnessed before. The staggering scale and intensity of the devastation could best be summed up as apocalyptic. Read full story
AKF in the News
2019
Conservationist slams Brisbane’s koala deal
21 September 2019 – The Australian
Australia’s best-known koala conservationist, Deborah Tabart, has labelled as “a complete waste of money” Brisbane City Council’s $6.2m purchase of a denuded suburban block it had deemed a “koala corridor’’. The long-serving Australian Koala Foundation chairwoman, who met Brisbane Mayor Adrian Schrinner on Friday, said “political motivations’’ were behind most of the Liberal council’s purchases under the Bushland Acquisition Program, funded by a ratepayer levy. Read full story Download PDF version
How the American Bald Eagle could play a role in saving our koala
9 May 2019 – The Sydney Morning Herald
A new Koala Protection Act – already written by barristers and discussed with senior federal politicians – must come into effect within the next decade or wild koalas on Australia’s east coast will be extinct, the Australian Koala Foundation believes. Foundation chair Deborah Tabart OAM has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Bill Shorten to ask whoever becomes Australia’s prime minister after the election on May 18 for urgent action to protect koalas. Read full story
2017
NSW Koala Strategy challenged by the Australian Koala Foundation
10 February 2017 – Port Macquarie News
2015
Snuggle up with ‘Koala Stories’ this Christmas
18 November 2015 – The Australian Times
Proposal to euthanise Koalas with chlamydia divides experts
20 October 2015 – The Guardian
Koala joey clings to teddy… Otway Koala cull
22 September 2015 – Daily Mail
Koala hunt shame revealed
4 September 2015 – Fraser Coast Chronicle
September is Save the Koala Month – are you ready?
3 September 2015 – Wingham Chronicle
Last chance to save the koala, says Foundation
17 August 2015 – Sunshine Coast Daily
Pressure on pollies to act for Koalas
16 August 2015 – Coffs Coast Advocate
The Koala Army is calling on residents…
12 June 2015 – Courier Mail
Vulnerable Listing in QLD
31 May 2015
International Business Times (UK)
Take Part (USA)
Sky News (Australia)
Koala Culling
27 May 2015
Washington Post (USA)
Fatal flaws in Koala maths
7 May 2015 – Northern Daily Leader
Offer on koalas
14 April 2015 – Noosa News
Koalas must be protected from dogs
19 March 2015 – Brisbane Times
Noosa Koalas on the brink of extinction
15 March 2015 – Sunshine Coast Daily
Open letter to Greg Hunt RE: Koala Cull
6 March 2015 – Echo
Almost 700 Victorian Koalas in secret cull (Audio Interview with Deborah Tabart OAM)
4 March 2015 – ABC
2014
Koala Foundation: No faith in Shenhua Science
16th December 2014
www.nvi.com.au
Click here to read the article
AKF to ask US President Barack Obama for backing following G20 Koala Cuddle
19th November 2014
www.couriermail.com.au
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Similar articles here from Echo, and here from the Sunshine Coast Daily.
Opinion piece on New Matilda here.
Dead koalas found after trees lopped to make way for bald hill wind farm
16th September 2014
www.heraldsun.com.au
Click here to read the article
Koalas caught in QLD development plan
27th August 2014
www.theaustralian.com.au
Click here to read the article
Campbelltown councilor continues to fight for airds koala colony
July 18 2014
www.dailytelegraph.com.au
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Koala populations at risk, group says
3rd July 2014
www.northerndailyleader.com.au
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Koala populations at gunnedah under threat from coal project
25th June 2014
www.dailyexaminer.com.au
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Prince george kangaroo backpack
7th April 2014
www.dailymail.co.uk
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Ooutrage at Blue Gum Koala deaths
23 July 2013
www.abc.net.au
Click here to listen to Deborah’s interview
Ballarat Koalas under threat despite protection overlay
5th June 2013
www.abc.net.au
Click here to read the article
Kaala habitat maps show noosa loss’s grim reality21st Feb 2013 www.noosanews.com.au Click here to read the article
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LEAKED FEDERAL GUIDELINES ON KOALA HABITAT ‘WEAKER’.13th February 2013 www.abc.net.au Click here to read the article
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KOALAS TO BE PROTECTED: DEBORAH TABART30th April 2012 www.abc.net.au |
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Minister Slumbers as Blinky Dies OutThe Courier Mail pg 20-21, November 07 2011 |
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Team-Building Project Helps Sanctuary GrowNoosa Journal pg 48, October 27 2011 |
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When Koalas and carbon collidePosted by Michele Rene Scott August 23 2011 Click here to read the article |
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Koala ScareBrisbane News ‘Higher Purchase’ – July 27-August 2, Issue 843, page 12 |
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Living With KoalasThe Australian Koala Foundation illustrates the dangers facing an amazing marsupial and explains how you can help protect koalas in your own backyard. By: Australian Koala Foundation |
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Tuesday 21 June 2011An interview with Deborah Tabart and other guests about the koala, covering its history, cultural significance and current status. By: Michael Cathcart |
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Koalas in declineBy: Leisa Roles |
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‘Senate Inquiry: Costs hard to bear: developers’By: Ruth Liew |
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‘The Senate Inquiry into the future of the Australian Koala’By: Peter Gooch |
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‘Koala’s facing extinction’By: AAP |
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‘Grim Future for Aussie Icon’By: LINCOLN HUMPHRIES |
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‘Plea to list dwindling koalas’By: BRIAN WILLIAMS |
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‘Koala virus could result in extinction’By: BRIAN WILLIAMS |
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‘Port Stephens koalas in decline’By: BEN SMEE |
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‘Garrett accused of abandoning koalas’By: Sarah Clarke
News Source: ABC News, May 25, 2010 |
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‘Phone tap reveals bugs in plans to save koalas’By: Jennie Curtin |
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‘Stress disease kills Australia’s koalas’By: Tanalee Smith |
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‘Save Our Koalas Rally’By: Darren Cartwright |
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‘Aussie icons in peril on coast’By: Leah Fineran |
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‘Koala lobby queries Bligh over consultants’News Source: Brisbane Times, August 9 2009 |
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‘Premier chastised over looming koala extinction’By: Tony Moore |
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‘Koala Coast koalas face extinction’By: Kate Dennehy |
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‘Bid to give koalas legal protection’By: Brian Williams
News Source: Courier Mail, May 29 2009 |
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‘Habitat clearing threatens bay koalas’By: Brian Williams |
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‘Forest Rescue’By: Lauren Jarvis |
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‘Physical Scars Will Remain’By: Ben Cubby |
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‘Push to Declare Koalas Endangered’News Source: Sydney Morning Herald, December 11 2008
Conservationists will pressure the federal environment minister to urgently declare south-east Queensland’s koala population critically endangered…click for full details |
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‘$20m to Rescue Coast Koalas”By Geoff Chambers |
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‘Climate Threatens the Koala’By Marian Wilkinson |
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‘The Tragedy of Noosa’s Lost Koalas’News Source: The Noosa Journal, October 30 2008 |
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‘Last Koala Habitats Get the Chop’By Ben Cubby |
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‘Koalas Vs. Cars’By Reshni Ratnam |
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‘Protect Koala Now’News Source: Burnie Advocate, September 27 2008 |
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‘How Much Coffee Can a Koala Bear?’News Source: MX Brisbane, September 26 2008 |
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‘Koalas Only Clinging On’By Rosslyn Beeby |
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‘Koala Taskforce Slammed by Groups’News Source: The West Australian, August 27 2008 |
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‘Koalas Catastrophe – Furry Friends Ravaged By Disease’By Glenis Green
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‘Tassie Devil, Koala Make Priority List’News Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, August 27 2008
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‘Koala Woman steers teamwork to protect habitat’News Source: Courier Mail, Saturday 26th January 2008
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