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Aboriginal forest defender speaks out on 'shock' rejection of request for on-Country hearing
An Aboriginal woman has been left shocked after an on-Country hearing request wa...
Callan Morse 30 Apr 2026
Magistrate denies Aboriginal forest protester's on-Country hearing request
An Aboriginal woman's request for her trespass case to be heard on Country has b...
Callan Morse 20 Apr 2026
Aboriginal anti-logging protester requests on-Country court hearing
First Nations forest defender Ruth Langford has applied for evidence in her tres...
Callan Morse 27 Mar 2026
‘Law lives in Country’: First Nations advocate to invite Court onto Country in Tasmanian forest protection case
Tasmanian-born Yorta Yorta / Dja Dja Wurrung woman Ruth Langford / Tipruthanna w...
Giovanni Torre 20 Jan 2026
Aboriginal forest protester’s trespass case adjourned
Aboriginal forest protester Ruth Langford has sought a two-month adjournment to...
Callan Morse 9 Oct 2025
Aboriginal forest defender faces Tasmanian court

Aboriginal forest defender Ruth Langford has pleaded not guilty to trespass in a Tasmanian court. Ms Langford was arrested and charged with trespass after occupying the Eastern Tiers Forest Reserve ne...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 6, 2025
Aboriginal Elder faces off with magistrate over ‘colonial court’s’ jurisdiction

Despite not being required to appear, Uncle Jim Everett attended the Hobart Magistrates Court on Tuesday, with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Elder's attendance leading to an argument between the 82-year-ol...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 9, 2025
Ruth Langford arrested at forest protest

Aboriginal community leader Ruth Langford has been arrested at a native forest logging protest in southern Tasmania. According to the Bob Brown Foundation, police evicted a number of "forest defenders...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 3, 2025
Aboriginal Elder convicted of trespass

Tasmanian Aboriginal Elder Uncle Jim Everett-Puralia Meenamatta faced two counts of trespass in the Hobart Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Uncle Jim's charges relate to the 82-year-old's alleged trespas...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jan 29, 2025
Aboriginal protester arrested in logging coupe

A member of a group of Aboriginal protesters has been arrested in a Tasmanian logging coupe following community action in defence of the critically endangered swift parrot's habitat.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jan 22, 2025
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