Koala Woman Says This area of Victoria cannot have the 7000 animals that the Government asserts. We know that Koalas have been declining in the Mt Macedon – Hanging Rock area for 15 years, and there are a some around Trentham and Castlemaine. Sightings are rare...

Koala Woman Says The area was first settled in the 1840s, and by the 1920s was becoming extensively developed for housing. Habitat clearance and the fur trade were certain to  have exterminate Koalas by this time. Some good habitat remains along the Yarra River, but...

Koala Woman Says AKF knows this area well having had a Field Officer embedded in Ballarat City for 10 years and these are the only koalas in Victoria protected by VCAT, however even with this level of protection it is rare to see Koalas between Ballarat and Buninyong...

Koala Woman Says When I was a child there used to be koalas in abundance in Ferntree Gully which is partly in this electorate. Where have they gone? There have been none reported since the mid-80s so one can assume they are gone.Member for AstonMs Mary Doyle MP...

Koala Woman Says Fraser is a new electorate (2019) taking parts of Calwell, Gellibrand, Gorton, and Maribyrnong. There are certainly no Koalas here, with just a little bit of habitat along Kororoit Creek.Member for FraserDr Daniel Mulino MP Australian Labor Party...

Koala Woman Says The western part of this electorate is too dry and hot for Koalas, there were some on the Culgoa River near the Queensland border but there have been only 3 reports in the last 20 years. There were Koalas around Walgett but these seem to have...

Koala Woman Says This electorate borders the Murray River, which separates Victoria from New South Wales. The main Koala food tree is the River Red Gum, and there isn't much of it left. Beginning in the 1850s paddle-steamers began plying their trade, and you can guess...

Koala Woman Says There are hardly any Koalas in this electorate which includes the Yass and Wagga Wagga areas, this is a puzzle. Perhaps they never recovered from the fur trade, and any remaining Koalas would have been severely impacted by the 1939 “Black Friday”...

Koala Woman Says Bargo south of Campbelltown has the honour of the first recorded sighting of a Koala in 1798. There are still a few Koalas in the area, but most records are suspiciously next to the Hume Highway and are probably roadkills. There are a few north of...

Koala Woman Says Look at the discrepancy between our figures and our Government’s. And look at the range in the Government’s numbers! Total guesswork. There have been over 100 sightings reported around of Bathurst in the last 10 years, mostly on farmland with...