Retiree Fined for Koala Habitat Destruction
Update: 2025-12-09
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Retired teacher ordered to pay $25k for clearing koala habitat: A 73-year-old man, Jon Richard Charles Rohwer, was fined $2k and ordered to pay $25k to the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Fund for bulldozing a track through a conservation area, home to a significant koala population. Rohwer, who misunderstood environmental laws, pleaded guilty to damaging vegetation and interfering with the environmental value of declared land. Despite his wifes cancer treatment, he was deemed to have acted for personal gain, highlighting the serious consequences of unauthorized land clearing in protected areas.
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