Koala Woman Says Look at the discrepancy between AKF and government numbers. This says that more traipsing through the bush is needed and the member should seek funding for a koala count. It may be an avenue for recovery. Koalas are scattered across this electorate...

Koala Woman Says The Hume Highway cuts through this large electorate north of Melbourne, there are scattered koala populations on the fringes at Mt Macedon, however this population is in long-term decline because of fires and urban development. In the Kinglake...

Koala Woman Says The AKF knows very little about this electorate but there was bushland there at one time, and the last Koala was reported on the Maribyrnong River in 1968 where the last strip of habitat remains.Member for MaribyrnongThe Hon Bill Shorten MP Australian...

Koala Woman Says Look at the discrepancy between AKF and government figures, and who is right? The huge range of 55-10,000 is totally meaningless and has no scientific merit.  Where did they get these figures? It’s not even a guess. The member needs to question the...

Koala Woman Says If we are right about this electorate, then the koalas are gone because of the fur trade and the highly fragmented landscape. There have been recent sightings at Pakenham Upper and some 10-year old sightings at Upper Ferntree Gully, very few compared...

Koala Woman Says There would have been koalas in this landscape at white settlement, but they are practically gone with only two sightings in the last 15 years, probably younger Koalas dispersing from the You Yangs in neighbouring Corangamite. Most of this electorate...

Koala Woman Says Before there were tennis courts in Kooyong there was good koala habitat. The area was settled in the 1860s and urbanised in the 1920s. It is not known when the last Koala sighting was, and the only remaining habitat is along the Yarra River.Member for...

Koala Woman Says Koalas appear to have been widespread over the western half of this electorate up until 20 years ago, but between 2010 – 2019 there were only four records, all along the Yarra River on the southern boundary of this electorate.. It would be great to...

Koala Woman Says The area was first developed in the 1850s with logging and then farming, so most forests here were well and truly gone before the fur trade. There were some Koalas reported in the early 1960s, but in the last 20 years or so this habitat was cleared to...

Koala Woman Says The Strathbogies (half of which is in this electorate) have been a public relations nightmare for the Koala. At one time, the Victorian Government argued there were 180,000 koalas there, which is impossible given the size and quality of the habitat....