Tree protestors asked to pay $150k in government legal fees

Key points

• Protesters who lost a Federal Court bid to stop the North Adelaide Golf Course redevelopment have been asked to pay $150,000 towards state government legal costs. Edwin Kemp Attrill and Janette Milera argued that the felling of nearly 600 trees breached federal conservation laws, but the court rejected their case earlier this month.
• Premier Peter Malinauskas said total government legal bills are estimated at between $450,000 and $550,000.
• Attrill and Milera's lawyer, Ted Hui, said they would review the offer, warning it would have a huge financial impact on his clients.