Queensland man fined $3000 for illegal cutting of trees at Wooragee

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Nov 29 2024 Updated November 29, 2024

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A 77-YEAR-old man from Mareeba, Queensland has been prosecuted for the illegal cutting of trees at Wooragee last year.

At the Wodonga Magistrates Court last Wednesday, November 20, the man was found guilty of four offences against the Land (Regulated Watercourse Land) Regulations 2021 for cutting down trees and directing another person to cut trees on regulated land at Wooragee in early 2023.

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