The drive to build more homes to ease Sydney's housing crisis is having devastating consequences for koalas living on the city's fringes.
A report has found the endangered animals are being pushed out of their habitat and onto the roads in increased numbers.
In Campbelltown, in south-west Sydney, it's estimated that around half the koala population has been hit by a car in the past five years and koala numbers are in decline.
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