New homes for koalas

WILDLIFE carers will be able to look after sick and injured koalas in their own backyards under the Labor Party plan to build 10 transportable enclosures.

Environment Minister Steven Miles yesterday pledged $45,000 to build the 10 enclosures in demountables to go in carers backyards.

The enclosures will be able to be completely transportable which means carers would not have to contend with building an expensive and permanent enclosures. “If this plan can work, it’s the kind of thing we can roll out right across the south east,” Dr Miles said.

The State Government and Gold Coast City Council is in talks to create another koala reserve on the Coast to protect the native animals from the growing population.