Former Greens Leader Fighting Trespass Charge After Anti-Logging Protest

Dr. Brown’s lawyers argue the charge should be dismissed.

The felled tree in which Bob Brown argued was a nesting site for the swift parrot. Courtesy of Bob Brown Foundation

A former leader of Australia’s Green party and veteran environmentalist is before the courts fighting a trespass charge related to an incident in 2022, where he and two others were arrested at an anti-logging protest in Tasmania.

Robert (Bob) Brown, who served as senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens until 2012, was arrested along with Kristy Lee Alger and Karen Lynne Weldrick for allegedly trespassing in Tasmania’s Eastern Tiers Forrest Reserve on Nov. 8, 2022.