The Forest Alliance NSW has today criticised in strongest possible terms Forestry Corporation of NSW following a Land and Environment Court ruling confirming the illegal destruction of ancient trees in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, exposing more than $1.1 million in taxpayer-funded costs.

A man has had his motorbike seized after police arrested him for speeding in the Tweed Shire on Sunday.

Today in Hobart Magistrates Court, Bob Brown was fined $500 and no conviction was recorded, for defending critically endangered swift parrots and their habitat.

The NSW Forestry Corporation was yesterday convicted and sentenced in the NSW Land and Environment Court for offences relating to native forest logging in 2020. The organisation was fined $360,000 and ordered to cover the legal costs of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA).

A local Koonyum Range resident has been convicted and fined by Mullumbimby Local Court for numerous offences against the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019.

A young man who left COVID lockdown in Sydney and flew to Ballina while infected with the virus has been fined nearly $10,000 for numerous health order breaches in NSW and Queensland.

An elderly man was forced to defend himself with a walking stick when he was attacked by a dog in East Lismore last November.