NSW budget unlikely to allocate extra funding for long-promised great koala national park

‘People will see that we’re making progress on it,’ treasurer Daniel Mookhey tells Guardian Australia

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The long-promised great koala national park is not expected to get any additional funding in next week’s New South Wales 2025-26 budget despite being a centrepiece of the state government’s environment policy.

“When it comes to the great koala national park, people will see that we’re making progress on it,” the state treasurer, Daniel Mookhey, told Guardian Australia.

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