Is there growing resistance to environment laws in the bush?

Shan Goodwin
Updated July 11 2018 - 9:17am, first published July 10 2018 - 12:00pm
 A photograph supplied several years ago by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage of native vegetation being burnt off.
A photograph supplied several years ago by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage of native vegetation being burnt off.

THE first free-to-air screening of a film about the murder of an environmental officer by a wheat grower in northern NSW has sparked heated discussion about the attitudes of farming communities to conservation legislation.

Shan Goodwin

Shan Goodwin

National Agriculture Writer - Beef

Shan Goodwin steers ACM’s national coverage of the beef industry. Shan has worked as a journalist for 30 years, the majority of that with agricultural publications. She spent many years as The Land’s North Coast reporter and has visited beef properties and stations throughout the country and overseas. She treats all breeds equally. Contact 0427686187. E: s.goodwin@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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