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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-09-24T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Koala Management Plan</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Koala Management Plan</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2024-09-24T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="390">
            <name>Koala Management Plan</name>
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          <inserted>390 <by role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f">The Hon. T.A. FRANKS </by>().28 August 2024).  Can the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water advise:</inserted>
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          <item>
            <inserted>How many koalas have been injured and/or killed since the koala management plan, Kangaroo Island, for harvest and remediation operations came into place on 25 March? </inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20240924419a651c6fb347dc90001231">
          <item>
            <inserted>How many relocations and captures have occurred in this same timeframe? How many were initiated (a) by the timber company AAGIM (b) by community members/wildlife rescuers?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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          <question date="2024-09-24T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="390">
            <name>Koala Management Plan</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  The Minister for Climate, Environment and Water has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Reports provided to the Department for Environment and Water in accordance with the approved AAG Investment Management koala management plan<term>, </term>Kangaroo Island, for harvest and remediation operations<term> </term>updated March 2024 (the AAGIM plan) have detailed that 1,109 koalas have been spotted from 1 April 2024 to 23 August 2024. Over this period, six koalas were taken by AAGIM for assessment and treatment as a result of harvesting operations. Of these six koalas, three are deceased, two have recovered and been released, and one remains in care. </inserted>
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          <inserted>With the exception of the koalas reported above, the department is not aware of any other koalas being relocated or captured in accordance with the AAGIM plan.</inserted>
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