Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 June 2011, with effect from the first day of sitting of 2011:

The status, health and sustainability of Australia’s koala population, with particular reference to:

(a)

the iconic status of the koala and the history of its management;

(b)

estimates of koala populations and the adequacy of current counting methods;

(c)

knowledge of koala habitat;

(d)

threats to koala habitat such as logging, land clearing, poor management, attacks from feral and domestic animals, disease, roads and urban development;

(e)

the listing of the koala under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999;

(f)

the adequacy of the National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy;

(g)

appropriate future regulation for the protection of koala habitat;

(h)

interaction of state and federal laws and regulations; and

(i)

any other related matters.

Question agreed to.