Federal Government accused of wasting time and money on koala research instead of saving habitat

Australia’s principal koala conservation group says the Federal Government is in denial about the threat to koalas.

The Australian Koala Foundation has accused the Federal Government of wasting time and money in a pointless census project instead of protecting habitat — the one thing that would help the vulnerable marsupial.

Foundation CEO Deborah Tabart said she had watched for 30 years while successive governments have claimed koala numbers were higher than the foundation’s estimates.

The foundation has long argued…