Why Australia's environmental laws aren't working | ABC News

The future of the koala is at stake after a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has warned they could be extinct in that state within 30 years.

It's just one native animal that's endangered across the country as habitats are destroyed by development and land clearing.

National environment reporter Michael Slezak explains what's at stake.

Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/20....20-06-30/nsw-koalas-

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