The Coalition's battle scars from the 2020 'koala wars' are exposed in the New South Wales election campaign for Port Macquarie, where the Nationals are running against the sitting member who left them to join the Liberal Party.
Both major conservative parties are running in the seat of Port Macquarie at the NSW election.abc.net.au/news/leslie-williams-peta-pinson-three-cornered-contest-nsw-election/101944658The seat of Port Macquarie is setting the stage for the first contest of its kind at a New South Wales election this century, putting a spotlight on mounting divisions in the state's Coalition over policy and identity.
"It's probably the worst-kept secret in Port Macquarie that the mayor was going to run for the Nationals," Ms Williams said at the time. NSW Nationals chairman Andrew Fraser said Ms Williams should have chosen to sit on the crossbench, calling the Liberal Party's decision to accept her request for membership a "treacherous act".
The koala wars erupted in 2020 over proposed planning regulations to protect the animals, including increasing the number of protected tree species that opponents said would restrict farmers from felling trees on their own land.have arisen since then, including over the related debate on the future of the native forest timber industry.
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