Protester Colette Joan Harmsen says she committed offences due to ‘worsening climate crisis’ and is not a ‘menace to society’
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An environmental activist has been sent to jail in Tasmania for the first time in more than a decade after protesting at logging and mining sites.
Colette Joan Harmsen, a 47-year-old veterinarian and seasoned “peaceful forest protester” with the Bob Brown Foundation, was sentenced to three months in prison for breaching a suspended sentence for protesting against a mine on the west coast of Tasmania.
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