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will expand the national parks estate by 200,000 hectares over the next two years if Matt Kean, the Energy and Environment Minister gets his way. In a Facebook post in late August, Mr Kean said his goal was necessary to shore up protection for the state’s many threatened species. “National parks are key to protecting

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