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'A Hobart magistrate has sentenced a woman to three months' imprisonment for
breaching a suspended sentence by continuing to protest against mining in
Tasmania's west.
Colette Joan Harmsen appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court today in relation
to four counts of trespass, one count of wilfully obstruct the use of any road,
and fail to comply with a direction of a police officer.
Harmsen, a veterinarian, is a volunteer "wildlife defender" and forest activist
with the Bob Brown Foundation.
The charges relate to Harmsen's involvement in a protest with the Bob Brown
Foundation at a MMG mine near Rosebery on the west coast of Tasmania in 2021.
The other trespass charges relate to a protest on a Venture Minerals mine site
at Tullah, south-west of Devonport, and a protest against logging on a
Sustainable Timbers site between 2021 and 2023.
The 47-year-old veterinarian has been involved in protests against logging and
mining for more than a decade.
In May she pleaded guilty to four counts of trespass as well as other offences
during protests over the past two years.
At the time she was subject to a suspended jail sentence of three months for
earlier offences.'
Via Clarice Boomshakala Bouvier.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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