Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views
A Sydney gardener named Yi Wang has been fined $187,500 for orchestrating the illegal removal of 287 native trees from protected bushland at Woodford Bay to improve water views for a harbourside mansion. The incident, which occurred in late 2023 and involved payments left in a shoe, was deemed by local council as the worst environmental vandalism in Lane Cove's history. Wang organized and carried out the destruction of trees from council-owned foreshore bushland.
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Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views
A Sydney gardener named Yi Wang has been fined $187,500 for orchestrating the illegal removal of 287 native trees from protected bushland at Woodford Bay to improve water views for a harbourside mansion. The incident, which occurred in late 2023 and involved payments left in a shoe, was deemed by local council as the worst environmental vandalism in Lane Cove's history. Wang organized and carried out the destruction of trees from council-owned foreshore bushland.
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