Wollongong tree killers fined $69,000 – but not on public land

By Ben Langford
Updated February 22 2018 - 4:35pm, first published 4:30pm
BRAZEN VANDALS: Some of the prominent trees that have been killed on council-controlled public land in recent months including at Sandon Point, Coledale and Woonona.
BRAZEN VANDALS: Some of the prominent trees that have been killed on council-controlled public land in recent months including at Sandon Point, Coledale and Woonona.

Fines totalling $69,000 have been handed out for tree offences in Wollongong over the past three months – but none have gone to vandals who poison or maim trees on public land.

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