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The following letter, written by Zac Rogers, was recently sent to Queensland’s Minister for the Environment, Kate Jones, and also appeared in the Eumundi Green.

Dear Environment Minister Kate Jones

After listening to your interview on the 23rd July with Annie Gaffney on Coast FM,  I added a comment which I would like to forward on to you for your urgent attention.

It is inconceivable that the protection of our endangered koala population in SEQ is obviously not a priority with our State and Federal Government.

If my observations are incorrect, then why has our Federal Government not prioritized the vulnerabilty of the koala in SEQ? And why does the State Government of Queensland’s owned corporation named Powerlink plan to ravage healthy koala habitat with their proposed Woolooga to Eerwah Vale high voltage transmission line and sub-station project?

Kate Jones, as Queensland Minister for the Environment, we ask that you prioritize the protection of koala habitat and include this area in your detailed koala habitat mapping as a priority.

The Powerlink project is definitely not ‘urgent infrastructure’ and if the government argues otherwise, then there are alternative routes that do not run through significant flora and fauna areas and there are other options which are in keeping with 21st century technology.

The koala is not only the 4th recognizable species in the world, it not only brings over $2.5 billion dollars into Australia for Tourism each year, but most importantly, the koala is unique to Australia and we have the moral obligation to care for its healthy future.

To be told that the koala will be extinct by 2010 because of development, this should definitely be placed on a list called ‘government catastrophes.’

Now it is up to you Kate Jones MP, to save our koala.

Thank you
Zac Rogers