Sussan Ley urged to save Port Stephens koala habitat set to be destroyed by quarry

Residents call on the federal environment minister to rule out a development the NSW government wants fast-tracked

Residents of the New South Wales town of Port Stephens are calling on the federal environment minister, Sussan Ley, to save 52 hectares of koala habitat set to be destroyed by the expansion of a quarry.

The state's independent planning commission recently approved the expansion of the Brandy Hill rock quarry in Port Stephens in the Hunter region, just two weeks after a parliamentary inquiry found koalas in the state would be extinct by 2050 without urgent government intervention.