Logging exempt from environment laws despite destroying threatened species' Victorian habitat, court finds

VicForests won appeal even though federal court upheld finding its activities threatened greater glider and Leadbeater's possumA Victorian government forestry agency has won an appeal against a landmark court judgment that found it had repeatedly breached conservation regulations during its logging of the state's central highlands.The full bench of the federal court on Monday overturned a judgment that last year found VicForests had breached a code of practice related to a regional forestry agreement between the federal and state governments, and had therefore lost its right to be exempt from national environment laws. Continue reading...