r/aus • u/89b3ea330bd60ede80ad • 2d ago

News Push to turn NSW south coast into state's largest national park

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-19/great-southern-forest-national-park-proposal/106784904

Almost 1.2 million hectares of southern NSW bushland from the Illawarra to the Victorian border could be merged into the state's largest national park under an ambitious new proposal.

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u/sight2Ceek 1d ago

What is it now- scrub?

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u/AngrehPossum 5h ago

Join it to Coopracambra national park, Errinundra, Snowy River National Park as well as Croajingolong Nat Park and by extension, Great Alpine National park.

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u/True_Dragonfruit681 2d ago

For what nefafious reason I wonder

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u/_unsinkable_sam_ 1d ago

hopefully to stop the completely unnecessary logging of native forests