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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

Huge centuries-old tree being trucked through Hobart CBD prompts calls for logging law reform

giant tree being driven through the centre of Hobart
The image of a massive tree being driven through the centre of Hobart has renewed calls for Tasmania’s logging laws to be changed. Photograph: Bob Brown Foundation

A photo of a centuries-old tree on the back of a truck being driven through the centre of Hobart has prompted fresh calls for laws to be changed to protect Tasmania’s native forests from logging.

The image of the logging truck on Macquarie Street, the city’s main south-north thoroughfare, was posted online by the Bob Brown Foundation, an environment group. It is the latest in a series of pictures of large trees being hauled on the state’s roads in recent months.

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