Court upholds finding company part-owned by Angus Taylor illegally cleared grasslands

The Federal Court has upheld a ruling that found a farm part-owned by Angus Taylor illegally cleared a critically endangered grassland in 2016.

The Department of Environment required Jam Land Pty Ltd to rehabilitate 103 hectares of native grasslands after farmers sprayed herbicide on a 28.5 hectare paddock at Corrowong in south-east NSW in 2016.

Former energy minister and current shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, part owns Jam Land Pty Ltd through a family trust but has denied any involvement in the property or advocating on behalf of the farmers.

The owners of Jam Land Pty Ltd maintain that the cleared area did not contain an endangered ecological community.

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