Park to protect 12,000 koalas to go ahead via contentious carbon credit deal by Albanese government

Published June 26, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Minns government waiting on federal approval of carbon credit scheme before proceeding with long-awaited great koala national park

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A long-promised New South Wales great koala national parkis set to go ahead after the Albanese government greenlit the state to receive hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting native forests previously earmarked for logging.

Details

The assistant climate change minister, Josh Wilson, told Nine newspapers the government had approved the awarding of carbon credits to state governments for storing carbon dioxide in native forests on public land.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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