NSW National Party President Andrew Fraser says regional NSW farmers preserve and reserve the koala population in the state and don’t need to be told what to do with their land.
Changes to laws protecting koalas in New South Wales have sparked concerns with farmer lobby groups about the balance of biodiversity outcomes and the rights of landholders. The number of tree species triggering koala checks on private properties was increased from 10 to 123 under changes to the Koala Habitat Protection State Environment Planning Policy due to fears the state’s koala population was seriously declining.
“The government really needs to step back, have a look at the existing protocols that are out there… manage it properly,” Mr Fraser told Sky News host Alan Jones. “The bushfires killed more koalas than anything else, and if you look at clearing koala habitat and habitation in Western Sydney to actually then take offsets in regional New South Wales, it’s one rule for those in Sydney and another rule for us in regional New South Wales.
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