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Environmentalists lose legal bid to stop logging operations in northern NSW

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The North East Regional Forestry Agreement was originally signed in 2000 and renewed in 2018. The North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) asked the Federal Court to declare that the renewed agreement did not meet the definition of such agreements under relevant laws. Justice Melissa Perry today rejected that argument and ruled the requirement to assess environmental values applied only when the intergovernmental agreement began.

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Logging operations to continue between NSW and Queensland after judge rejects environmentalists' court bid

The case was the first legal challenge to a regional forestry agreement in NSW, and argued the forestry industry was impacting on endangered species, climate change and old growth forests.

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ABC Australia broke the news in Australia on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.
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