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Ethan James

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Activist jailed for anti logging mining protests | History Defined

An activist who locked herself onto an excavator at MMG's mine has been jailed. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

An environmental activist has been sent to jail in Tasmania for the first time in more than a decade over protests at logging and mining sites.

Colette Joan Harmsen, 47, locked herself onto an excavator at MMG's mine on the state's west coast in 2021 and refused to leave when asked by police.

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