NEW SOUTH WALES COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY V/S FORESTRY CORPORATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES CASE

Australia, April 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 21:

1. The Defendant the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales has pleaded guilty to four offences under s 69SA of the Forestry Act 2012 (NSW). A hearing on sentence for these offences will take place on 17-19 June 2025. The offences arise from contraventions of the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval Conditions (2018) (CIFOA) for Wild Cattle Creek State Forest in northern NSW. The single giant tree offence concerns 6 trees which were cut down in breach of a condition of the CIFOA. The three hollow bearing tree offences each concern one tree which was cut down in breach of a condition of the CIFOA. In Environment...