Australia news live: Richard Marles bound for Pacific summit in South Korea

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My colleague Lisa Cox has reported this morning that 41,000 hectares of crucial koala habitat is being lined up for potential logging over the next year.

Dailan Pugh, the president of the North East Forest Alliance, has analysed data in a national recovery plan for koalas and finds habitats in the New South Wales north coast could be particularly in the firing line.

Both the NSW and commonwealth governments have got to stop logging in areas they have identified as the most important koala habitat.

Australia welcomes Korea’s interest in deepening ties with the Pacific, and looks forward to building on our foundation of shared values to promote our mutual interest in a prosperous and resilient Pacific.

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