Logging in the Mumbulla State Forest on the New South Wales Far South Coast is expected to resume soon, but a regulation breach is still under investigation.

A State Government spokesman has confirmed a breach regarding koala survey methods used by Forests New South Wales, but he says the breach is minor.

The Federal Member for Eden-Monaro, Mike Kelly, says the logging is a state issue, but he is consulting his State counterparts about the way the situation is being handled.

He says it is a complex and sensitive issue.

“It is very important that we get the balance right in our logging industry,” he said.

“We have a viable industry that needs to be maintained, but we have to also keep a very good eye to the environmental impacts and the management of our fauna as well.”

Anti-logging campaigners say a key koala colony is at threat, and they have gathered at the logging site.

Conservationist Harriett Swift says the breach should be considered seriously.

“Forests New South Wales make up these rules, and if they can’t abide by them themselves, things have got to a pretty sorry state,” she said.

“We have had good numbers turn out on other days, and we really do not want this logging to take place.”

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