Koala Woman Says

There are lots of records in this electorate, but since 2015 the reporting rate has dropped 30%. There are a few Koalas at Mount Gravatt, however the Pacific Motorway runs right through their habitat. Koalas have all but disappeared from Capalaba and Wynnum West just in the last few years. There are quite a few along Bulimba Creek in Carindale, but this is a population isolated by housing and industrial development  This electorate is in the Brisbane City Council area, they are not known for encouraging Koala-friendly development: if you want to knock down Koala food trees, (even where there are Koalas) you just plant some more somewhere else, and it doesn’t matter if there are no Koalas there! A good example is the Brisbane Koala Bushlands in Mount Cotton bought by the Council – there are very few Koalas in this low-quality habitat. The good stuff is taken by developers. And, because most developments are less than two hectares, they don’t need a Referral under the EPBC Act.

Bonner Koalas are on the way to extinction.

Will he Act or Axe?