Bob Brown launches legal challenge to native forest logging in Tasmania
by Adam Morton Environment editor from on (#575BA)
State-sanctioned felling is based on a monumental lie', former Greens leader says
The former Greens leader Bob Brown has launched a legal challenge to native forest logging in Tasmania, claiming it is inconsistent with federal environment law.
The case by the Bob Brown Foundation, lodged in the federal court on Thursday, challenges what has been seen as an effective exemption from environment laws granted to state-sanctioned logging under regional forest agreements between Canberra and the states.
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