TWO forest activists have faced Coffs Harbour Local Court over their occupation of the roof of the Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) building on 23 April.
They were among six women who unfurled banners next to the FCNSW logo that read “End Native Forest Logging Now”.
Knitting Nanna Sharron Hodge, 65, and filmmaker Juliet Lamont, 54, plead guilty to the charges.
Both represented themselves in court.
Ms Lamont told the magistrate, “The last thing we want to be doing is getting arrested but history shows us that concerned citizens can protest unjust laws and create a better society for all.”
Ms Hodge travelled from her flood ravaged home in Wingham and said she knows that the science is clear.
“I will do everything in my power to protect what remains of our fragile ecosystems for the benefit of my grandchildren, for everyone’s grandchildren,” she said.
The protesters were fined $220 each, with no conviction, for the charge of “entering inclosed lands”.
The other protesters arrested are yet to face court.
By Andrew VIVIAN
