Logging exempt from environment laws despite destroying threatened species’ Victorian habitat, court finds

VicForests won appeal even though federal court upheld finding its activities threatened greater glider and Leadbeater's possum

A Victorian government forestry agency has won an appeal against a landmark court judgment that found it had repeatedly breached conservation regulations during its logging of the state's central highlands.

The full bench of the federal court on Monday overturned a judgment that last year found VicForests had breached a code of practice related to a regional forestry agreement between the federal and state governments, and had therefore lost its right to be exempt from national environment laws.