NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee final determination
Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala) Goldfuss 1817 –Endangered Species listing
The NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee, established under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (the Act), has made a Final Determination to list Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala) Goldfuss 1817 as an endangered species in Part 2 Division 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act; and as a consequence, to omit the listing of:
1. Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala) Goldfuss 1817 in Part 3 Division 1 of Schedule 1 (Vulnerable species) of the Act. Listing of Endangered species is provided for by Part 4 of the Act; and
2. The following 3 Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala) Goldfuss 1817 populations in Part 2 Division 4, of Schedule 1 Endangered species) of the Act, as provided for in clause 4.1(5)(a) of the Biodiversity Conservation Regulation 2017:
a. The “population between the Tweed River and Brunswick River east of the Pacific Highway”,
b. The “Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens population”, and
c. The population “in the Pittwater Local Government Area”.
Publication date 20 May 2022
Final Determination (PDF 133KB)