Unfortunately, the general public in Australia and around the world appear to remain unaware of the plight of the koala in Queensland. The type of media attention it receives can be misleading in that it focuses more on the 'cute and cuddly' rather than the reality of a species struggling to survive.
The koala was previously designated as 'regionally vulnerable' by the State Government in South East Queensland only. The Federal Government later broadened the classification of koalas to a vulnerable species across the entire State of Queensland, N.S.W. and A.C.T.
Recently, the newly elected Queensland Labour State Government of Annastacia Palaszczuk, acknowledged the ongoing and escalating decline of koala numbers extending the 'vulnerable' classification across the State in line with the Federal Government.
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