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The proposed Powerlink project will directly affect prime koala habitat and nature corridors.
Hear what Peter Garrett, Federal Environment Minister, is doing about listing the Koala as an endangered species.  Also interviewed is Deborah Tabart from the Australian Koala Foundation.

Or use this link Koala Under Threat – 7pm Project – The Koala Coverage starts at around [...]

From the Sunshine Coast Environment Council – See you on Friday.
This is an opportunity to publicly raise the plight of our native flora and fauna largely due to habitat destruction from rampant development.
Please contact us for further information and for bookings on the Rally bus.
Your conservation efforts are really appreciated and joining together in this [...]

[ September 25, 2009; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] From Save Our Koalas Rally Organisers
This rally is a peaceful community rally, giving us the opportunity to celebrate our Koala and bring attention to their fight for survival.

The route has been approved by the city’s authorities and is as follows:

Meet in Brisbane Square at 11 a.m.
Rally will begin exactly at 12 noon

March up George Street, [...]

The following article appeared in the Noosa Journal. Please show your support by joining the rally in Brisbane on Friday 25 September.
Why Noosa backs koala rally

For those of you who missed the Today Tonight story on koalas, you can now view the story on the web (program date:  2 September 2009).
http://au.video.yahoo.com/playlist/3964738?o=70 and go to number 95 … “The End Of Our Furry Friends”
Source:  Today Tonight show – Channel 7 – 2 September 2009

The premier’s listening and jobs tour rolled into the Sunshine Coast yesterday and left with not much of either to show for her brief and guarded visit.
Post election Ms Bligh described the result as a wake up call for the government and promised to listen more intently to the electorate.
Yesterday, during a brief stop at [...]

It's time to show you care – koala rally
Source: Noosa Journal – Thursday 27 August 2009

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 [...]

Dear Mr Editor,
I would like to introduce myself and make you aware of sad news for the Southeast of Queensland. I am a spanish medical doctor who emigrated to Australia from the UK 10 years ago. I settled in the hinterland of Noosa, a famous tourist seatown north of Brisbane. Its national park is famous [...]

Are Koala’s a good barometer of how we treat the land and nature and can you put a value on their loss? We know the population is being decimated by development and the Qld government says State Planning Policy to be introduced this year will protect koala habitats.
Deborah Tabart from the The Australian Koala Foundation [...]