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Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Court hears claims koala population devastated after habitat removed and fence erected

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Updated December 9 2022 - 2:52pm, first published December 8 2022 - 3:50pm
A koala suffered burns and a broken arm when its habitat at a Cape Bridgewater plantation was bulldozed. The animal was later euthanised in early 2020. Picture by Helen Oakley
A koala suffered burns and a broken arm when its habitat at a Cape Bridgewater plantation was bulldozed. The animal was later euthanised in early 2020. Picture by Helen Oakley

Portland's Hutchinson Rural Contractors has been fined $20,000 after a koala population was devastated during the clean-up of a Cape Bridgewater bluegum plantation.

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