The conservationist who plans to take the Queensland government to court over its alleged slow pace in protecting koalas now wants an urgent parliamentary inquiry into the relocation of 264 koalas at Coomera on the Gold Coast in 2014, which resulted in the deaths of many of the animals.

It is unclear how many koalas died in this “koala translocation” process to make way for the construction of the Coomera Town Centre.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with Nala the koala at Daisy Hill during the 2017 election campaign. Credit:AAP

Australians for Animals co-ordinator Sue Arnold declared on Wednesday her conservation group would take legal action against the Queensland government.

On Friday she called for a parliamentary inquiry into the deaths of the Coomera koalas in 2014.