In August 2026, uComms conducted a survey of 2,367 members across Australia on behalf of The Australia Institute on a range of attitudes related to koala habitats and carbon offsets.

Key results included the following:

• Four in five Australians (84%) think the NSW Minns Government should keep its promise to establish the Great Koala National Park.
• Four in five Australians overwhelmingly (82%) believe that governments should protect koala habitat, including three in four Liberal (77%) and One Nation (73%) voters.
• About three in five (59%) Australians agree that protecting forests is important but should not be used to justify continued fossil fuel pollution, compared to one in four (25%) who disagree.
• Most Australians (57%) support the Minns Government’s decision to ban coal and gas companies from buying carbon offsets from the Great Koala National Park.
• Most Australians (55%) think that coal and gas projects should not be allowed to use carbon offsets to continue polluting as much as they want.