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Saving Ballina's Koalas

24 July 2020

KOALA rescuer Maria Matthes will be able to save more wildlife while keeping herself safe thanks to a new thermal imaging camera. The $20,000 thermal equipment was donated by World Wildlife Fund...

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Media Release: Member for Ballina announces $17k in funding for Historical Society

4 May 2020

Pictured: Tamara Smith MP, Member for Ballina and Ian Kirkland, President, Alstonville Plateau Historical Society Tamara Smith MP announces $17K in funding for Alstonville Historical Society Tamara Smith MP, Member for Ballina...

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Media Release - Member for Ballina calls on State Government to urgently provide funding to safeguard the welfare of older people in New South Wales

22 April 2020

Safeguarding the welfare of older people Safe Visitor Access campaign launched today to help older people in our community throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Member for Ballina Tamara Smith today announced she is...

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MEDIA RELEASE: $300,000 for Ballina Electorate announced today through the Community Building Partnership Program

23 March 2020

$300,000 for Ballina Electorate announced today through the Community Building Partnership Program Member for Ballina Tamara Smith today announced the electorate of Ballina has secured $300,000 in funding for a total of...

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Media Release: The Greens call on the Premier to remove shark nets immediately

4 December 2019

Tamara Smith, Member for Ballina and NSW Greens spokesperson for Marine and Fisheries is today calling on the NSW Government to remove shark nets in NSW as they are an abject failure....

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Ballina nurses deserve better treatment from Government

9 May 2019

Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP today called on the Health Minister to urgently fund more nurses on night shift at Ballina Hospital.

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SAVE KOALAS FROM DEATH AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION

Please help save koalas from the brink of extinction in New South Wales. Following the horrendous bushfires, koalas need your help – now more than ever. More than 5,000 koalas have perished in NSW alone.

Eucalyptus trees are food and shelter for koalas. Without them, vulnerable koalas become easy prey for wild dogs. With their homes destroyed, they are more susceptible to disease and are often hit by cars.

Facing devastating habitat loss and with no wildlife hospital, koalas are in grave danger and need your help.

Use your voice to help save koalas from the brink of extinction – sign the petition now. Your signature will be presented to the Premier of New South Wales. She has the power to make an emergency endangered species declaration for koalas, stop excessive tree-clearing in the state and fund a wildlife hospital to rehabilitate koalas.

Help save koalas under fire. Add your name to the petition and share with your friends now.

To the New South Wales government,

Ecologists have estimated more than 5,000 koalas in New South Wales are likely to have died in the bushfires, and their numbers may have dropped by as much as two-thirds in less than 20 years.

We are calling on you to urgently make an emergency endangered species declaration for koalas in New South Wales.

Please stop excessive tree-clearing in the state and fund a dedicated wildlife hospital in the Northern Rivers.

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