The NSW Government has released their long overdue draft Koala Conservation Strategy, and are inviting submissions by 9 am on Monday 9 November 2026.

They have developed a weak and ineffective Koala Strategy, that will do little to save koalas, and does not even attempt to address the concerns documented as outcomes of the 2024 Koala Summit. The actions proposed are vague motherhood statements with no detail, funding or timeline as to how they will be achieved. 

Details are on the Environment and Heritage website Draft NSW Koala Conservation Strategy 

We need to let the Government know its just not good enough. NEFA's submission guide is here.

Please help those that can't help themselves.

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NEFA's proposal to Protect North East Forest Parks covers all 573,568 ha of public native forests (excluding the Great Koala National Park) north from the Hunter River (at Newcastle) to the Queensland border, from the coast west to the New England Highway on the Tablelands. It will enhance and link together existing reserves to create a 2.2 million ha world class reserve system over one of the world’s centres of biodiversity. It is home to 241 threatened species, most records by far are for Koalas, with abundant Greater Gliders, Yellow-bellied Glider and South-eastern Glossy-black Cockatoos, along with the predatory Spotted-tailed Quoll, Powerful Owl, Sooty Owl and Masked Owl utilising decling tree hollows in the Great Escarpment forests. The coastal forests are searched for declining nectar by Critically Endangered Swift Parrots and Regent Honeyeaters, along with Grey-headed Flying-fox and Little Lorikeet. So many plants are endemics found in limited areas and nowhere else on earth.

The loggers are asking to EXTEND WOOD SUPPLY AGREEMENTS (WSAs) TO LOCK IN LOGGING OF PUBLIC NATIVE FORESTS  The current WSAs are due to expire in 2028, and the loggers are demanding they be extended indefinitely (or for at least 10 years). They want to lock in logging to forestall any attempts to protect more forests. They argue that conservationists are getting the Great Koala National Park so they want guarantees to be able to log the rest. The choice for the NSW Government is either to protect pubic native forests or lock in their logging. So please take time to lobby the politicians (see below) and spread the message. Here is a poster you can print out in colour or black and white and spread around.

NEFA have started a campaign for 56,200 hectares of public native forests in the southern Richmond River valley and on Richmond Range (south of the Bruxner Highway) to be created as the Richmond River Koala Parks. This is largest stronghold of koalas in the Richmond catchment, a genetically different population from that found in the Great Koala National Park (see below). Protecting these forests will also help over 130 other threatened species and improve the health of the Richmond River.

For a summary of the proposal see Richmond River Koala Parks   

To join the campaign contact [email protected]

For further information visit the website

MEDIA RELEASE 7 September 2026

An alarming report released by the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) on Friday, in the leadup to National Threatened Species Day on September 7, identifies the extent of State Forests occupied by Endangered Greater Gliders has declined by two-thirds over 27 years, and within the remaining occupied habitat populations have collapsed by a similar amount.

The report identifies increasing temperatures due to climate change, wildfires and logging as all contributing to the rapid demise of Greater Gliders. Logging increases the risk of wildfires, while also releasing carbon to accelerate climate change.

“Given the precipitous decline in Greater Glider populations the report recommends logging should be excluded from their home ranges, instead the NRC intend to continue logging their homes while they monitor them into extinction” North East Forest Alliance spokesperson Dailan Pugh said.