A damning report on the rapidly diminishing koala population last week has seen renewed attacks on the State Government's decision to bulldoze the site of a new school at Thornlands.
Both new Cleveland LNP MP Mark Robinson and community group the Redlands Institute have demanded better from Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones, after she responded to the report by pledging the "freeze on clearing State Government land will continue".
Mr Robinson said the minister's promise had come too late for many of "Cleveland's homeless koalas".
"The freeze didn't stop the bulldozers in Thornlands, so where is the guarantee that it will stop them next time?" Mr Robinson said.
"Why was protected koala habitat destroyed during a supposed freeze? Was an environmental impact study carried out? Will it occur again?
"I contacted local [State] Government officers immediately... and it was referred to the minister.
"Since then our request for information has been met with a deafening silence."
Redlands Institute Environmental spokesman and managing director of BAAM (Biodiversity Assessment and Management) Pty Ltd Adrian Caneris said the State Government should focus on revegetation to rectify the situation.
"Unused road reserves through Alexandra Hills and Birkdale are ideally located to act as a wildlife corridor," Mr Caneris said.
"They also offer the potential to provide a vital east-west fauna link between the predominantly north-south corridors along the city's waterways.
"By rehabilitating this precinct, we'd create a 'Greenway' for humans and wildlife alike, which the Institute has already proposed establishing in our city."