FILE PHOTO: Orphaned joey koala at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, at the Wildlife Emergency Response Centre in Parndana, Kangaroo Island, Australia Jan 19, 2020. SYDNEY: A dispute over koalas has created political chaos in Australia's most populous state with a split in the New South Wales governing coalition forming over policies designed to protect the animals.
Barilaro said new policy unfairly limits the way rural property owners can manage their land but he maintained his party supported conservation.The Nationals will abstain from voting on government legislation, except when it affected regional areas, forcing the government to find support elsewhere for its policies.The party will also introduce a bill next week to repeal the conservation law.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, the leader of the coalition and the state Liberal party, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Land clearing for agriculture, urban development, mining and forestry had been the biggest factor in the loss of habitat.New policy restricts construction in habitats and owners of the land must seek exemptions to conduct various works.
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