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Court Challenge Against takayna Trail Lockout

Tasmanian logging agency challenged on locking public out of public land
Bob Brown Foundation has launched a Supreme Court action against ‘Sustainable Timber Tasmania’ after they refused a permit for the annual takayna Trail ultra-marathon, scheduled for 20 March 2021.
Our application to the Supreme court was filed on Friday 19th February. A directions hearing will be heard in Hobart’s Supreme Court this Thursday 25th February at 11.30 am for the judge to give directions to prepare the case for hearing.
The takayna Trail, a highlight of the national trail running calendar, brings over 130 local and interstate runners to Tasmania, and injects hundreds of thousands of dollars into regional Tasmanian communities at a time when…