FireTofu
Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views

World · en

Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views

The Guardian · Aug 9, 2026, 5:35 AM UTC

Local council described incident as ‘worst act of environmental vandalism in Lane Cove history’ It began with a gardener being hired to trim grass at a harbourside mansion in Sydney – and escalated to payments being left in a shoe for the unlawful felling of hundreds of native trees in protected bushland.…