Forestry
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Opinion
Andrews government’s forestry bill puts logging over liberties
The Andrews government’s logging bill has nothing to do with forest worker safety and everything to do with preventing public scrutiny of VicForests’ activities while further criminalising legitimate community protest.
- by Daniel Cash
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Last-ditch bid to stop Gnangara pine removal and save black cockatoos
A referral has been made to the Environmental Protection Authority to try and stop the Gnagara Mound pines from being cut down by the end of next year.
- by Peter de Kruijff
‘Tree thinning’ or stealth-logging? Fight for WA forests far from over
Logging as we know it will end in 2024, but the battles are only beginning. Water scarcity means “thinning” may be needed, but will loggers agree without a supply guarantee? And if not, who pays?
- by Peter de Kruijff
Andrews government moves to jail native forest logging protesters
Protesters attempting to prevent or disrupt native forest logging in Victoria would face 12 months’ jail, or $21,000 in fines, under “draconian” laws introduced to state parliament this week.
- by Bianca Hall
Mines clear more trees than logging in WA’s threatened forests
Mining should cease in the Northern Jarrah Forest, conservationist groups say, after revealing 62 per cent of deforestation in the past decade was due to bauxite mining.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Uni holds concerns over VicForests and will approach IBAC
The state logging company referred itself to IBAC, asking the anti-corruption watchdog to investigate allegations it hired a private investigator to spy on its contractors and an environmental activist.
- by Miki Perkins
Morrison to pledge support for forestry workers in Tasmanian campaign stop
Appealing to Tasmania’s forestry workers has been crucial in previous elections, and the state has three seats in play.
- by David Crowe
Green groups worried new ‘unchecked powers’ will lead to more logging
The state government says it is changing forestry laws to make regulations clearer, but a host of environment groups fear the move will increase logging and pose a threat to vulnerable species.
- by Miki Perkins
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State Parliament
$20m loss: native forest logging last year cost NSW taxpayers $441 per hectare
Forestry Corporation suffered a $20 million loss last year with taxpayers forced to pay $441 per hectare to log critical native forests in NSW.
- by Lucy Cormack and Nick O'Malley
Timber plantation cash splash as PM heads to Tasmania
The federal government is pouring $86 million into the plantation timber industry before the May election.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Opinion
Forest regeneration funding misses burning issue
Victoria urgently needs a strategic seed bank and the capacity to recover forests future bushfires to help restore the coupes.
- by Michelle Freeman