Bob Brown arrested while protesting against logging in Tasmania
by Calla Wahlquist from on (#11QZV)
Former Australian Greens leader is believed to be the third person charged under enhanced powers aimed at cracking down on environmental protesters
Bob Brown has been arrested at a forestry protest in Tasmania, making him the third person charged under Tasmania's tough new anti-protest laws.
The former Australian Greens leader and founder of the party was arrested at an area of state forest marked for logging at Lapoinya in north-west Tasmania on Monday. The arrest was announced on his Twitter account.
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