Plan to Build in Core Koala Habitat

[icyfroth]

A year-long dispute to save an area of bushland in Brisbane's northern suburbs that is home to a population of endangered koalas has reignited as locals campaign to save important habitat from development.

The grassroots campaign comes as global investment firm ADPEN appeals against the Brisbane City Council's rejection of its development application for an area of bushland in Bridgeman Downs that has been listed as core koala habitat by the Queensland Government.

Locals are arguing the development plan — for 39 townhouses, two fast food outlets and a childcare centre — threatens to destroy the Cabbage Tree wildlife corridor.

The development plan is being heard in the Planning and Environment Court as residents continue to lobby the Government to buy back the land from ADPEN and preserve it for local wildlife.

Almost three-quarters of South East Queensland's koala habitat has been cleared since 1960, and the population of the endangered species in the area has declined by up to 80 per cent in the past two decades.

Making matters worse, an estimated 30 per cent of remaining koala habitat was destroyed in last summer's bushfires.

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Can't fight the developers off. The have deep pockets and can continue on a legal battle until councils run out of money and cave in.

[icyfroth]

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@icyfroth wrote:

A year-long dispute to save an area of bushland in Brisbane's northern suburbs that is home to a population of endangered koalas has reignited as locals campaign to save important habitat from development.

The grassroots campaign comes as global investment firm ADPEN appeals against the Brisbane City Council's rejection of its development application for an area of bushland in Bridgeman Downs that has been listed as core koala habitat by the Queensland Government.

Locals are arguing the development plan — for 39 townhouses, two fast food outlets and a childcare centre — threatens to destroy the Cabbage Tree wildlife corridor.

The development plan is being heard in the Planning and Environment Court as residents continue to lobby the Government to buy back the land from ADPEN and preserve it for local wildlife.

Almost three-quarters of South East Queensland's koala habitat has been cleared since 1960, and the population of the endangered species in the area has declined by up to 80 per cent in the past two decades.

Making matters worse, an estimated 30 per cent of remaining koala habitat was destroyed in last summer's bushfires.

Read Here For Entire Article 

Can't fight the developers off. The have deep pockets and can continue on a legal battle until councils run out of money and cave in.

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Who the hell is the developer Adpen, andyway?

Adpen is a global investment firm, focused on generating predictable investment returns in undervalued Australian property segments. We invest across various real estate assets on behalf of select individual Investors, private and institutional funds.

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They're not real worried about Koalas....

[bright.ton42]

Nope.  They're just pesky animals.    No monetary value.

[davewil1964]

Maybe we need to put pictures of koalas on our banknotes. Then they could claim to be saving them. In their off-shore bank account.

The council shouldn't have to fund the appeal. It was the state government who declared the land protected.

I'm at a loss to understand why Adpen was allowed to buy it, though. Surely the government should have declared it a state forest.

[lionrose.7]

I never saw on Koala once in QLD, it as not till we went to Port Macquarie for 3 months to open a complex for a developer.

We had th Koala hospital behind as and we used to have  a Koala visit us all the time going to the one tree.

He was Tagged and he was a big boy, alway knew when he was around the cat would run in side and look out the window, she was frighted of him.

Could hear them at night mating in the bush, terrible noise, like a Donkey being sick and a motor bike

It was sad at the Koala hospital seeing some of the koalas with burnt feet from bush fires.