The Federal Court in Melbourne granted a temporary injunction to stop VicForests logging in six areas in Victoria’s Central Highlands that are home to the threatened Greater Glider after an undertaking made previously by VicForests lapsed and the state-owned agency started logging in some areas that are subject to an ongoing case brought by Environmental Justice Australia on behalf of Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum.
The injunction prevents VicForests from logging in five coupes and along one road (to prevent widening), including a controversial coupe near Noojee township.
The injunction is valid until Wednesday 2 May, when a further hearing of the injunction application will proceed before Justice Mortimer in the Federal Court in Melbourne.
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