NSW Premier Chris Minns is failing to keep his promise to protect koala habitat in the state (Image by Dan Jensen) In a stunning blow to the promised creation of the Great Koala National Park, the Minns Government has announced it won’t be established until 2025. The suspension was a result of growing public anger over the industrial logging of the proposed park.

In rejecting any concept of ecosystems, corridors, dispersal needs, or other endangered fauna and flora, Sharpe’s and Minns’ focus on koalas is misleading.

By continuing to focus on one species at the expense of all others, with no understanding of ecosystem functions, is the action of a government with zero environmental credentials.

With 73,000 homes planned for the Macarthur region, with the surviving population of koalas in the Sydney Basin, no budget funding for monitoring forestry operations and ongoing logging in the GKNP until potentially the end of 2025, the Minns Government’s Budget raises questions about integrity and environmental responsibility.