An additional $150 million has been committed by the Morrison government to assist koalas and other wildlife recover from last summer’s bushfires, as experts warn the catastrophic blazes threaten lasting damage to hundreds of plant and animal species. Environment Minister Sussan Ley said it was a “significant amount of money” that would do the “heavy lifting” for wildlife recovery and enable long-term collaboration between scientists and government. “This is a significant amount of money for wildlife and habitat restoration and for the long-term co-ordination of our work on threatened species. It allows us to work across a significant landscape scale,” Ms Ley said. The funding will be rolled out over two years and comes in addition to a $50 million emergencyfund announced in January.