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Australia: Police arrest Greenpeace protesters

Brisbane Times: A developer has promised to audit and remove any illegally logged timber from a worksite after a protest at a Sydney building site ended in several arrests. Seven Greenpeace activists scaled a 50-metre crane at the No 1 Central Park development site at Chippendale at 7am (AEST) on Wednesday and unfurled a large banner reading "Stop Illegal Timber". They were protesting against the use of plywood allegedly made from trees illegally cut down in the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo. Greenpeace...