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Redbank Power Station Proposal Rejected!

September 15, 2025

Today, the Independent Planning Commission NSW (IPCN) released its decision on Verdant Earth Technology’s (Verdant) proposal to repurpose the Redbank Power Station to burn up to 850,000 tonnes of native forest and other biomass for electricity. We are pleased to share that the IPCN has refused this...

Great Koala National Park Announced!

September 08, 2025

The Great Koala National Park has been announced at long last, bringing to an end a decade-long campaign to create the world’s biggest koala sanctuary in northern NSW.

29 charges filed against Forestry Corp for Tallaganda!

August 29, 2025

Prosecution has commenced for what is likely to be the biggest case ever brought against Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW). But this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Inquiry into access restrictions in public lands and waterways

July 31, 2025

An inquiry is underway in NSW Parliament that poses a tremendous threat to our protected areas. Make a submission before Friday 1st August to help us protect the sanctity of our National Parks!

Mid North Coast businesses call for the full Great Koala National Park

May 08, 2025

110 Mid North Coast Business Leaders stand united calling for the Minns Government to honour their promise and for the full 176,000-hectare Great Koala National Park to be immediately gazetted.

Logging has begun in another glider stronghold

April 10, 2025

NSW Forestry Minister, Tara Moriarty, has authorised the destruction of large sections of what is likely the most important greater glider stronghold left in the southern NSW.

Koala park delay prompts fear Labor has folded to logging industry

March 04, 2025

This article by Caitlin Fitzsimmons, written on 3rd March 2025 and published by The Sydney Morning Herald, highlights our concerns on the ongoing logging and long delays in declaring the the Great Koala National Park. View the full article here.

Protection of 100% of the proposed Great Koala National Park is the minimum required, not the maximum.

February 14, 2025

Today, 17 environment groups & individuals have written to Premier Chris Minns urging the NSW Government to include all 176,000 of State Forest in the Great Koala National Park.

Open letter to Premier Minns and the NSW Government

January 13, 2025

31 environment groups have signed onto this open letter calling on the Minns Government to stop logging and announce the Great Koala National Park.

Media Release - Forestry Corporation posts huge loss as Independent review questions the economic viability of native forest logging in NSW

December 17, 2024

Today, the Forest Alliance NSW has responded to a report by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) that questions the economic viability of native forest logging in NSW.

Another greater glider stronghold safe for now?

November 22, 2024

We can now confirm that after a concerted campaign by Wilderness Australia to find and record the den trees of the endangered greater glider, Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) has withdrawn from two significant strongholds: Tallaganda and Badja State Forests.

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Australian Foundation for Wilderness Limited
ACN 001 112 143
ABN 84 001 112 143
Advocating as 'Wilderness Australia'
Formerly The Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd
Registered Office 8/154 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000
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