Guardian: Bob Brown has been arrested at a forestry protest in Tasmania, making him the third person charged under Tasmanias tough new anti-protest laws.
The former Australian Greens leader and founder of the party was arrested at an area of state forest marked for logging at Lapoinya in north-west Tasmania on Monday. The arrest was announced on his Twitter account.
Brown was processed at Burnie police station and released.
The area is designated forestry land and has been selectively logged before...