Government faces backlash as proposed animal sanctuary stuck in limbo while new threat emerges: 'We were promised a world-class national park'

Government faces backlash as proposed animal sanctuary stuck in limbo while new threat emerges: 'We were promised a world-class national park'

Koala populations in Australia have been steadily declining. Their diminution has been exacerbated by habitat destruction due to the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires and industry logging. An analysis by conservation advocates found that logging activity has actually accelerated in areas of a native forest that had been proposed for a koala sanctuary, The Guardian reported.  What's happening? In 2015, the Australian Labor Party promised the creatio…