Sydney Gardener Fined $200,000 for Removing 287 Trees for Water Views

A gardener in Sydney has been fined nearly $200,000 for illegally removing 287 trees to improve water views from a harbourside mansion, an act described as 'environmental vandalism'.

9 Aug, 05:35 — 9 Aug, 05:35

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Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views

Local council described incident as ‘worst act of environmental vandalism in Lane Cove history’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It began with a gardener being hired to trim grass at a harbourside mansion in Sydney – and escalated to payments being left in a shoe for the unlawful felling of hundreds of native trees in protected bushland. Now a court has fined Yi Wang $187,500 for his role in organising and carrying out the destruction of 287 trees from a council-o...

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Sydney Gardener Fined $200,000 for Removing 287 Trees for Water Views

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Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views

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