Application for an urgent interim injunction – applicant’s submissions in support

This is an application for an urgent interim injunction to prevent the Defendant (VicForests) from timber harvesting in 10 forest coupes in Victoria, each of which has been identified as containing or likely to contain fire-affected threatened species or habitat of fire-affected threatened species. The issue has arisen as a result of the impact on threatened species of the 2019/2020 bushfires (the Bushfires). In each coupe, VicForests has either commenced timber harvesting or is proposing to commence timber harvesting imminently…

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