AKF in the News

Keeping you up to date on the latest koala news

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 click on Koala Army where the clear focus of our mission to save the Koala will be published.
You will find AKF's key appearances in the media below.

NSW Koala Strategy challenged by the Australian Koala Foundation

10th February 2017

The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) chief executive officer has labelled the NSW Koala Strategy implemented by the NSW state government as a ‘smoke screen’. Click here to read the article from Port Macquarie News.

AKF CEO DEBORAH TABART OAM on ABC NEWS24

4th February 2017

Australian Koala foundation CEO Deborah Tabart was interviewed on ABC News24, noting the Koala population could be wiped out if a Federal Recovery Plan is not implemented by the Federal Government and Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg.

Conservationists from @savethekoala warn #koala population is close to being wiped out completely unless a recovery plan is put into place. pic.twitter.com/hd0GPoerPv

— ABC News 24 (@ABCNews24) February 4, 2017

Koala management plan criticised by conservationists

15th December 2015

www.abc.net.au

Click here to listen to Deborah's interview

Snuggle up with 'koala stories' this christmas

18th November 2015

KOALAS TO BE PROTECTED: DEBORAH TABART 30th April 2012 www.abc.net.au Click here to listen to the interview

SAVING THE KOALA 10th April 2011 www.cbsnews.com.au Click here to watch the video

Minister Slumbers as Blinky Dies Out The Courier Mail pg 20-21, November 07 2011 Click here to read the article online version
Team-Building Project Helps Sanctuary Grow Noosa Journal pg 48, October 27 2011 Click here to read the article
When koalas and carbon collide Posted by Michele Rene Scott August 23 2011 Click here to read the article
Koala Scare Brisbane News ‘Higher Purchase’ – July 27-August 2, Issue 843, page 12 Click here to read the article
Living With Koalas The 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 Source: Australian Wildlife Secrets Vol 1 Number 1 www.wildlifesecrets.com.au ... click to read the article
Tuesday 21 June 2011 An interview with Deborah Tabart and other guests about the koala, covering its history, cultural significance and current status. By: Michael Cathcart Source: ABC Radio National Online, June 21 2011 ... click for full details
Koalas in decline By: Leisa Roles Source: Channel 10. 07 June, 2011 ... click for full details
'Senate Inquiry: Costs hard to bear: developers' By: Ruth Liew Source: The Australian Financial Review 20 May, 2011 ... click for full details
'The Senate Inquiry into the future of the Australian Koala' By: Peter Gooch Source: Evenings with Steve Austin 03 May 2011, 8:01pm ... click for full details
'Koala's facing extinction' By: AAP Source: Herald Sun, 03 May, 2011 ... click for full details
'Grim Future for Aussie Icon' By: LINCOLN HUMPHRIES Source: QUT News, 03 May, 2011 ... click for full details
'Plea to list dwindling koalas' By: BRIAN WILLIAMS Source: Courier Mail, 12 November, 2010 ... click for full details
'Koala virus could result in extinction' By: BRIAN WILLIAMS Source: Courier Mail, 04 May, 2011 ... click for full details
'Port Stephens koalas in decline' By: BEN SMEE Source: Newcastle Herald, 20 July, 2010 ... click for full details
'Garrett accused of abandoning koalas' By: Sarah Clarke News Source: ABC News, May 25, 2010 ... click for full details
'Phone tap reveals bugs in plans to save koalas' By: Jennie Curtin News Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, March 22, 2010 ... click for full details
'Koalas under threat' By: Julian Schiller News Source: 7PM Project Tuesday 17th November 2009 Click to go to 7PM Project website to watch the video
'Stress disease kills Australia's koalas' By: Tanalee Smith News Source: Associated Press, September 30 2009 The koala, Australia's star symbol, is dying of stress. Koalas live in the rolling hills and flat planes where eucalypt trees grow, because they need the leaves for both food and water ... click for full details
'Save Our Koalas Rally' By: Darren Cartwright News Source: The Australian, September 25 2009 Conservationists have delivered five dead koalas to Queensland's Parliament House, saying the marsupials are on the brink of extinction in urban Australia ... click for full details
'Aussie icons in peril on coast' By: Leah Fineran News Source: Gold Coast Bulletin, September 2 2009 They are cute, sometimes cuddly and they are dying by the thousands. Take a good look because this may be the only way future generations get a glimpse of these furry Aussie icons ... click for full details
'Koala lobby queries Bligh over consultants' News Source: Brisbane Times, August 9 2009 The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has embroiled the Queensland Government in yet another allegation of impropriety concerning the use of consultants ... click for full details
'Premier chastised over looming koala extinction' By: Tony Moore News Source: Brisbane Times, July 23 2009 Conservationists have warned Premier Anna Bligh she will be held accountable for the impending eradication of South-East Queensland's urban koala population ... click for full details
'Koala Coast koalas face extinction' By: Kate Dennehy News Source: Sydney Morning Herald, June 1 2009 Koalas in Queensland are headed for extinction because of the State and Federal Government's inaction, wildlife groups say... click for full details
'Bid to give koalas legal protection' By: Brian Williams News Source: Courier Mail, May 29 2009 If listed under federal laws, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act will kick in, forcing anyone clearing land in koala habitat to ensure it does not affect the animal's prospects for survival... click for full details
'Habitat clearing threatens bay koalas' By: Brian Williams News Source: Courier Mail, April 27 2009 The Queensland Government faces charges of hypocrisy after it cleared prime eucalypt along Redland City in Southeast Queensland's Koala Coast...click for full details
'Forest Rescue' By: Lauren Jarvis News Source: National Geographic Kids http://ngkids.co.uk, April 8 2009 A tiny baby koala walks slowly along a lonely road in Victoria, Australia, calling for his mother. Behind him, the trees in the national park he once called home are burning...click for full details
'Physical Scars Will Remain' By: Ben Cubby News Source: Sydney Morning Herald, February 10 2009 The nation's most deadly fires have left scars on Victoria's bushland and native animal populations that will last for the rest of the century...click for full details
'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
'$20m to Rescue Coast Koalas'' By Geoff Chambers News Source: GoldCoast.com.au, December 3 2008 A koala rescue operation could cost ratepayers and developers up to $20 million to save 100 of the iconic animals....click for full details
'Climate Threatens the Koala' By Marian Wilkinson News Source: Sydney Morning Herald, November 22 2008 Koalas, already listed as vulnerable, are likely to die in greater numbers as they adapt to climate change, which will bring more intense bushfires, rising temperatures, increased drought and a drop in the nutritional levels of their food...click for full details
'The Tragedy of Noosa's Lost Koalas' News Source: The Noosa Journal, October 30 2008 Noosa's koala population will be extinct by 2010. That is the dire prediction from some of the state's leading koala experts who say there are fewer than 15 koalas left in Noosa Shire...click for full details
'Last Koala Habitats Get the Chop' By Ben Cubby News Source: Sydney Morning Herald, October 28 2008 Bulldozers rolled in to some of the last remaining koala habitats on the South Coast yesterday, marking the start of what police fear could be a divisive logging operation...click for full details
'Koalas Vs. Cars' By Reshni Ratnam News Source: Westside News, October 15 2008 Kenmore's koala population may be destroyed if the Kenmore Bypass is built...click for full details
'Protect Koala Now' News Source: Burnie Advocate, September 27 2008 Ms Tabart said that while the koala was on the priority list for species conservation, there was a two year evaluation time and, she warned, 4000 animals could die in Southeast Queensland alone before action was taken...click for full details
'How Much Coffee Can a Koala Bear?' News Source: MX Brisbane, September 26 2008 A great example of Australian Koala Foundation sponsorship opportunities! "Over the next five weeks, Hudsons Coffee will donate $1 to the Australian Koala Foundation for every creamy caramel coffee sold...click for full details
'Koalas Only Clinging On' By Rosslyn Beeby News Source: The Canberra Times, September 16 2008 In the past five years, more than 25, 000 koalas have died inQueensland. Breakdown that figure with a series of divisions, and that's a mortality rate of 5000 a year, just over 400 a month and more than 100 animals a week...click for full details

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AKF in the News

Keeping you up to date on the latest koala news

NSW Koala Strategy challenged by the Australian Koala Foundation

AKF CEO DEBORAH TABART OAM on ABC NEWS24

Koala management plan criticised by conservationists

Snuggle up with 'koala stories' this christmas

Proposal to euthanise koalas with chlamyida divides experts

Koala joey clings to teddy... otway koala cull

KOALA HUNT SHAME REVEALED

September is save the koala month - are you ready?

LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE KOALA, SAYS FOUNDATION

Pressure on pollies to act for Koalas

THE KOALA ARMY IS CALLING ON RESIDENTS...

VULNERABLE LISTING IN QLD

Koala Culling

Fatal flaws in koala maths

OFFER ON KOALAS

Koalas must be protected from dogs: experts

Noosa Koalas on the brink of extinction

Open letter to greg hunt RE: Koala Cull

Almost 700 Victorian koalas in secret cull

Koalas face extinction without better protection, say conservationists

Koala Foundation: No faith in Shenhua Science

AKF to ask US President Barack Obama for backing following G20 Koala Cuddle

dead koalas found after trees lopped to make way for bald hill wind farm

Koalas needing protection

Koalas caught in QLD development plan

campbelltown councilor continues to fight for airds koala colony

Koala populations at risk, group says

Koala populations at gunnedah under threat from coal project

PRince george kangaroo backpack

OUTRAGE AT BLUE GUM KOALA DEATHS

BALLARAT KOALAS UNDER THREAT DESPITE PROTECTION OVERLAY

KOala habitat maps show noosa loss's grim reality

LEAKED FEDERAL GUIDELINES ON KOALA HABITAT 'WEAKER'.

KOALAS TO BE PROTECTED: DEBORAH TABART

SAVING THE KOALA

Minister Slumbers as Blinky Dies Out

Team-Building Project Helps Sanctuary Grow

When koalas and carbon collide

Koala Scare

Living With Koalas

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Koalas in decline

'Senate Inquiry: Costs hard to bear: developers'

'The Senate Inquiry into the future of the Australian Koala'

'Koala's facing extinction'

'Grim Future for Aussie Icon'

'Plea to list dwindling koalas'

'Koala virus could result in extinction'

'Port Stephens koalas in decline'

'Garrett accused of abandoning koalas'

'Phone tap reveals bugs in plans to save koalas'

'Koalas under threat'

'Stress disease kills Australia's koalas'

'Save Our Koalas Rally'

'Aussie icons in peril on coast'

'Koala lobby queries Bligh over consultants'

'Premier chastised over looming koala extinction'

'Koala Coast koalas face extinction'

'Bid to give koalas legal protection'

'Habitat clearing threatens bay koalas'

'Forest Rescue'

'Physical Scars Will Remain'

'Push to Declare Koalas Endangered'

'$20m to Rescue Coast Koalas''

'Climate Threatens the Koala'

'The Tragedy of Noosa's Lost Koalas'

'Last Koala Habitats Get the Chop'

'Koalas Vs. Cars'

'Protect Koala Now'

'How Much Coffee Can a Koala Bear?'

'Koalas Only Clinging On'

'Koala Taskforce Slammed by Groups'

'Koalas Catastrophe - Furry Friends Ravaged By Disease'

'Tassie Devil, Koala Make Priority List'

'Koala Woman steers teamwork to protect habitat'

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