Koala deaths almost double in housing developments in south-western Sydney, data shows
by Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent from on (#6S687)
Conservationists demand action from Minns government after alarming' rise in deaths of female koalas and joeys
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Koala road deaths have nearly doubled in a development hotspot in south-western Sydney, according to conservationists who are demanding the Minns government improve protection for the endangered species in new housing areas.
In a letter - signed by more than 20 community and national environment groups - to the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, and senior ministers, the Sydney Basin Koala Network accused the government of a development first, koalas later" mindset that was accelerating the species' decline.
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