‘National disgrace’: protest after tree estimated to be hundreds of years old cut down in Tasmania

Sustainable Timber Tasmania said the giant tree pictured on the truck had been assessed and felled ‘for safety reasons’

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Pictures of a massive, centuries-old tree on the back of a logging truck in central Tasmania have sparked calls from environmentalists for Anthony Albanese to visit the area to see damage being inflicted on native forests.

A community member on Sunday recorded images of the large tree, which filled the width of the truck, being taken from a logging coupe in the Florentine Valley.

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