Upper Florentine Defenders Keep up the Fight

TODAY, Friday 25th June 2010

Upper Florentine Defenders Keep up the Fight

WHEN: TODAY, Friday 25 June at 2.15pm.

WHERE: Hobart Magistrate Court

Today the Upper Florentine forest defenders continue their battle in the Magistrate Court, when their long running case – since Mother’s Day 2009 – is again up for Mention.

The forest defenders vow to continue their fight with Forestry Tasmania over a mysterious exclusion zone that the conservationists apparently entered when arrested in the Upper Florentine on Mother’s Day last year.

Although the Magistrate last month dismissed the forests defenders ’abuse of process’ argument, she was highly critical in her reasoning of the apparent lack of communication between Forestry Tasmania management and forestry and police personnel on the ground, who knew nothing about a new supposed exclusion zone.

The trespass charges were expected to have been withdrawn by Tasmania Police due to Forestry Tasmania’s more than 200-metre-wide bungle in defining its own exclusion zone, which was examined in a test case against Ellendale resident Lynda Blyth that was dropped on 21st September last year.

Simon De Little, Youtube: You did as you were told to do: HERE
Andrew Nicholson