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Friday, 10 November 2023
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Nambucca Joins Great Southern BioBlitz
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Next steps for Great Koala National Park
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q Dr Adam Roff explains his team’s work with drones to Premier Chris Minns and Ministers Penny Sharpe and Tara Moriarty.
By Andrew VIVIAN NSW PREMIER Chris Minns, Environment Minister Penny Sharpe, and Agriculture and Regional NSW Minister Tara Moriarty announced the establishment of three advisory panels to provide input to the creation of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). Before addressing media representatives at Bongil Bongil National Park, they were given a briefing from Dr Adam Roff, one of the senior research scientists with the Department of Planning and Environment, about how sophisticated drones are being used to monitor koalas in forests. The koala-seeking drones have been used in more than 800 surveys covering more than 50,000 hectares in NSW and have been a huge success.
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Community pushes back against 'destructive' blueberry farming
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CONCERNED residents will gather at a public meeting at Macksville Ex-Services Club on 22 November CONTINUED Page 3
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