Retired journalist Margo Kingston arrested at NSW anti-logging protest after allegedly locking on to machinery

By Lisa Cox
The Guardian
October 10, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: International

Retired Sydney Morning Herald journalist Margo Kingston was arrested at a community protest in the mid-north of New South Wales on Thursday after she locked on to machinery to protest logging operations in endangered greater glider habitat. Kingston and another activist who protested alongside her are the 13th and 14th people arrested since forestry operations recommenced at the Bulga state forest last week. …The NSW Greens environment spokesperson, Sue Higginson, said most of the state’s cross bench was calling for the government to end native forest logging. …The Forestry Corporation of NSW said this week trained ecologists had undertaken nocturnal surveys for gliders and dens at Bulga state forest and put exclusion zones in place. The agency said more than 50% of the area would be set aside and not harvested, more than required under the operations approval.

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