Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) fires have ravaged Australia before the start of summer with more than 1,650,000 hectares of land, including koala habitat, burned in New South Wales,

  (ii) between 350 and 1000 koalas have been found dead so far on the North and Mid-North coast of New South Wales, and

  (iii) koalas are listed as a vulnerable species under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999; and

(b) calls on the Commonwealth Government to more effectively plan for koala and animal welfare in natural disaster responses.