Legal action in the Land and Environment Court has led to a temporary halt to logging in a state forest that could form part of the proposed Great Koala National Park.
Alan Oshlack, an agent acting on behalf of Gumbaynggirr elder Michael “Micklo” Jarrett, went before the court with a notice of motion aiming to permanently stop logging in the state forest.
In the Land and Environment Court, a person can be represented by a non-legal agent in certain cases.
The undertaking allows haulage and the removal of already-felled trees to continue.
A NSW Forestry Corporation spokesperson said operations in Newry State Forest had been “conducted in line with the strict conditions regulating native forestry in NSW, which have been developed with the input of expert scientific panels to protect and maintain wildlife habitat, forest flora, water quality and biodiversity across the landscape”.
He said the area contained sites of cultural significance to the Gumbaynggirr people.
Why the fuck are they logging a forest anyway? Go grow your own trees on a tree farm you dumb fucks. You already have thousands of acres of land for farming.
Cows and their degrading hard hooves are sacred apparently.
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Legal action in the Land and Environment Court has led to a temporary halt to logging in a state forest that could form part of the proposed Great Koala National Park.
Alan Oshlack, an agent acting on behalf of Gumbaynggirr elder Michael “Micklo” Jarrett, went before the court with a notice of motion aiming to permanently stop logging in the state forest.
In court documents seen by the ABC, Mr Jarrett is listed as the lead applicant, alongside fellow elder Herbert “Bud” Marshall.
The court ordered Mr Marshall and Mr Jarrett be referred for pro bono legal assistance, and ordered the applicants to submit evidence to support the notice of motion, ahead of the matter returning to court for hearing on Friday.
The documents also detailed a signed Voluntary Temporary Undertaking by the Forestry Corporation to suspend harvesting operations until 4pm on Friday.
A NSW Forestry Corporation spokesperson said operations in Newry State Forest had been “conducted in line with the strict conditions regulating native forestry in NSW, which have been developed with the input of expert scientific panels to protect and maintain wildlife habitat, forest flora, water quality and biodiversity across the landscape”.
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