'Right in the line of fire': saving koalas from the NSW bushfires

A burns patient at Taree Koala Hospital

A burns patient at Taree Koala Hospital Source: SBS

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Hundreds of koalas are estimated to have perished in the New South Wales bushfires. SBS News spoke to a woman trying to make sure that fate doesn't await more.

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