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Ethan James

Bob Brown, activists fight protest trespass charges

Bob Brown (left) was arrested at a protest at a Sustainable Timber Tasmania forestry coupe in 2022. (HANDOUT/THE BOB BROWN FOUNDATION)

A "habitat" tree was cut down for safety reasons after being used for a sit-in logging protest involving environmentalist Bob Brown, a court has been told.

Brown and two other activists have pleaded not guilty to trespassing over a protest at a Sustainable Timber Tasmania forestry coupe in the state's Eastern Tiers on November 8, 2022. 

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