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

The Guardian World Sunday 09 August 2026, 05:35 UTC By Joe Hinchliffe 1 min read
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Local council described incident as ‘worst act of environmental vandalism in Lane Cove history’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt began with a gardener being hired to trim grass at harbour-side mansion in Sydney – and escalated to payments being left in a shoe for the unlawful felling of hundreds of native trees in protected bushland. Now a court has fined Yi Wang $187,500 for his role in organising and carrying out the destruction of 287 trees from a council-owned...

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 harbour-side mansion in Sydney – and escalated to payments being left in a shoe for the unlawful felling of hundreds of native trees in protected bushland.

Now a court has fined Yi Wang $187,500 for his role in organising and carrying out the destruction of 287 trees from a council-owned foreshore bushland at Woodford Bay in Longueville in late 2023.

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Sydney (LOCATION) Lane Cove (LOCATION) Yi Wang (PERSON) Woodford Bay (LOCATION) Longueville (LOCATION)
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