The decision to throw the laws out drew protests t the town hall.
“This threat is especially concerning on the Southside of Gympie, where housing developments are taking place in areas where koalas have been observed living,” Mr Arthur said.
“In mid 2020 the Gympie Regional Council was awarded the Queensland Keep Australia Beautiful Award for Environmental Sustainability because of the TLPIs and their Koala Conservation Management Plan.
“The present council should publicly relinquish that award, since its retention is inconsistent with cancellation of the TLPIs.
“In the absence of operating TLPIs then the dire conservation status of koalas demands that the Queensland Government extend the South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy to the Gympie Region as a matter of urgency, and ultimately to the entire Wide Bay Burnett.”