Victorian Supreme Court judge Justice Bernard Bongiorno has struck out the third statement of claim in a SLAPP [3] suit by the Australian logging company Gunns [4]. In December 2004, Gunns initiated the legal action against 20 environmentalists and environmental groups [5], over their campaign against the logging of old-growth and wilderness forests. Bongiorno has set a deadline of October 19, if the company wants to file another claim. The chairman of Gunns, John Gay [6], told ABC radio that [7] "we will never take ... anyone to court that is purely a pure demonstrator or has a different view of the company." One person being sued by Gunns is a doctor who raised concerns about the health impacts of a woodchip pile. Gunns is also suing Australian Greens Senator Dr. Bob Brown, who will be accepting an award from the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco on October 19.