Tuesday,
5 November 2024
High price for environmental crimes

A 32–year–old Myrtleford man has been convicted and ordered to pay $43,030 for illegally collecting firewood, destroying wildlife habitat, and driving off–road in the Stanley State Forest in 2021.

Appearing at Wangaratta Magistrates Court last Friday the defendant was found guilty of 14 offences under the Land Conservation (Vehicle Control) Regulations 2013, Wildlife Regulations 2013 and Fore...

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