NSWâs koala truce may be temporary as deep divisions remain Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Very large text size Ron Land, president of Port Stephens Koalas, a group of volunteers that helps rescue and care for sick and injured marsupials on the NSW mid-North Coast, scoffs at claims the so-called koala wars are over in the state. Showing visitors around the hospital at the new Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary, Land predicts this weekâs truce over koala planning policy between the NSW Liberals and Nationals will be bad news for an animal already listed as vulnerable in the wild.