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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox and Jordyn Beazley

Court orders temporary halt to logging in Tasmanian forest ahead of swift parrot case

Swift parrot on the ground
A swift parrot. The Tasmanian supreme court has ordered a halt to logging in an area south of Hobart, pending a hearing of the legal challenge brought by the Bob Brown Foundation. Photograph: Alamy

Conservationists have won a temporary injunction to stop logging in an area of forest south of Hobart they say is breeding habitat for the critically endangered swift parrot.

The Tasmanian supreme court granted the injunction on Wednesday afternoon pending a hearing of the legal challenge brought by the Bob Brown Foundation.

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