Announced: Friday October 23 2026

Landmark legislation to create the Great Koala National Park has passed NSW Parliament, delivering on a key election commitment of the Minns Government and securing lasting protection for one of the state’s most significant koala populations, the government announced on Friday.

The National Park Estate (Great Koala National Park Reservations) Bill 2026, An Act to transfer certain land, including State forest and Crown land, to the national park estate for the purpose of creating the Great Koala National Park; to make provision for continuing access to transferred land and other land in the same areas as the transferred land; and for related purposes, passed the lower house on October 21st and the upper house the following day.

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