New South Wales creates the Great Koala National Park

Kempsey to Grafton

NSW Mid North Coast

The park covers land between Kempsey and Grafton, including more than 178,000 hectares of state forest and Crown land.

Koalas in the region

12,000 koalas

It aims to protect more than 12,000 koalas and about 100 other threatened species.

The timber industry says the logging ban has laid off staff, and the Forestry Corporation said in July it would cut more than 30 jobs in Coffs Harbour.

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New South Wales creates the Great Koala National Park

The park covers land between Kempsey and Grafton, including more than 178,000 hectares of state forest and Crown land.

It aims to protect more than 12,000 koalas and about 100 other threatened species.

The timber industry says the logging ban has laid off staff, and the Forestry Corporation said in July it would cut more than 30 jobs in Coffs Harbour.

New South Wales creates the Great Koala National Park

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