Is it true that most Australians vote against conservation laws and don't care if koalas become extinct?

I just watched this show on Animal Planet about koalas. Some of it was about a conservation group in Brisbane called the AKF. The show made it sound like these people are fighting an up-hill battle with just about everybody in Australia. I don't know how old that show is, or whether that is just the opinion of the Canadian television producers, so I'm hoping every one here from Australia would like to comment. Do you and most people you know care about the survival of koalas? Do you vote for conservation projects and politicians who support conservation (in general)? Thanx.

Hey, g'day! we in Aus care about our environment heaps. We have this problem though, its simply this. Our eco system is delicate, difficult and full of extreems in climate, we have natural bushfires, floods, droughts and a distinct lack of resources and manpower to deal with it all. We have a huge country with people mainly living in coastal areas. So when a bush fire starts from a lightning strike miles from anywhere usually way out of reach, what are we expected to do? Yes we care but its not always possible to do anything about it.
Koalas are reasonably well protected by our conservation laws, which are extensive, but to give you some idea, during the fires of 2003 in the snowy mountains, and accross the east coast, millions of animals died, birds dropped from the skies semi cooked, and the koala population which had been regenerated in the Kosiosko national park, was lost, all except one which became a local hero and has remained the hope for another generation in that area.Of course other areas had koalas, but yes this was a huge loss.As for kangaroos, well, i personally think we dont treat them as well as we could, but most people care a lot, recently a cull was intended to reduce numbers, because they do breed very fast and they eat the sparce vegetation during the drought to the point where really there are too many for the land to support. The cull was stopped due to an public outcry, which unfortunateley may lead to their starvation instead. We the people want our land to be full of wildlife, which generally it is, but we all suffer when the environment is dead set on killing all of us, animals and humans too, this country is hard and unforgiving , only the strongest survive, which is how it should be. The National Zoo and Aquarium in the A.C.T. actually fly the perfect eucalyptus leaves in for their collection of Koalas at huge expense every day. There are other wildlife parks, and 'zoo's that also do similar things for their animals, check out Australia Zoo , that's Bindi Irwin's Dads place...the crocodile hunter Steve Irwin dedicated his life to wildlife conservation...its big here, conservation, even those animals and species that few people know about are well researched and protected both locally (like it only takes a threatened species to stop a whole urban developement in its tracks) and Nationally.We have huge areas of Native wildlife habitats, Wilderness areas , State and national forest...check out our new fishing restrictions up the east Coast, Or search for info on Kakadoo National Forest...there must be millions of Koalas ,Roos, frogmouth owls, Eagles, Lizards and dragons up there, all almost impossible to reach, let alone see, Koalas are almost invisible up in the tree tops, but we aussies know when they are there or not, yes we do vote on conservation issues, and we almost always win for our animal life.

How do u care and clean koalas with a pooping problem?

THIS IS URGENT!

I would assume if you are feeding it correctly (strictly with eucalyptus leaves) that this is either a bacterial or viral issue that should be imediately discussed with the vet you deal with who is well versed in Koala issues.

If you are not feeding it appropriately and/or do not have a vet that is experienced in dealing with Koala's then you should not have one in your possession. I would seek assistance from the nearest zoo that has Koalas, and immediately seek to place this animal with them, before it dies from inattention, neglect, and being the 'it' animal of the week.