Forest protesters no longer face big fines after regulator withdraws ban

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Forest protesters in Tasmania no longer have the potential of a huge fine hanging over their heads after the state's workplace safety regulator lifted a ban on their activities.

"The Magistrate has set aside the prohibition notice, that is it no longer applies and the appeal was successful with the agreement of the workplace regulator," Mr Browne said.

"The Bob Brown Foundation has been protesting across Tasmania for a long time, we hold rallies, its part of our existence and we're not going to be stopped by a notice that's invalid that tries to interfere with the rights we have to protest about forest operations in Tasmania. "Next time the regulator wants to try and use work health and safety to stop protests in Tasmania. he's going to have to think twice about it and confine himself to the law."When they [the regulator] go to draw up another notice — and we expect they will — it needs to comply with the law and the constitution," Mr Browne said.

The Hobart courtroom was full of both pro-timber advocates and supporters of the Bob Brown Foundation.

 

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