Brandy Hill quarry expansion into koala habitat 'not a message that we want to be sending'

By Damon Cronshaw
Updated October 29 2020 - 12:02pm, first published October 28 2020 - 7:00pm
In The Spotlight: A group fighting the Brandy Hill quarry expansion speaking to reporters in June over concerns about koala habitat. Picture: Marina Neil
In The Spotlight: A group fighting the Brandy Hill quarry expansion speaking to reporters in June over concerns about koala habitat. Picture: Marina Neil

A federal government decision to allow koala habitat to be cleared in Port Stephens sends the wrong message to the international community, Newcastle-based wildlife conservation scientist Ryan Witt says.

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