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Federal Labor needs to reverse the decline of forestry

01 September 2023
The Federal Opposition has called on the Albanese government to take greater control of the forest industry despite the Labor Party rejecting an internal push at its national conference to ban native forest harvesting. Source: Philip Hopkins, LaTrobe Valley Express The conference comm
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VicForests ready to plant more than 200,000 seedlings

01 September 2023
VicForests has started its annual planting season after receiving a delivery of more than 200,000 seedlings. The seedlings will be used to replant forest areas, including those affected by bushfires and harvested areas, to restore the natural ecosystem of forests. Source: Timberbiz Vi
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Opal sells off envelope making machinery and stock

01 September 2023
Opal is selling its envelope machines and stock from its Australian envelope business to The Camerons Group. Opal says that its envelope and stationery operations have been severely impacted by the unplanned stoppage of wood supply from VicForests, which ended white paper production a
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Opinion: Michael Harrington – Andrews’ trail of transition crumbs

01 September 2023
With the mood in Victorian timber towns at what seems to be an all-time low due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding native timber families and businesses caused by the Andrews state Labor government – Agriculture Minister Gayle Tierney has recently succumbed to common sense communi
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Friday analysis: Short-sighted Labor is short changing left, right and centre

01 September 2023
The wheels seem to be falling off the Labor Party’s end of the native logging bus. Take Western Australia first. In September 2021 the then-premier Mark McGowan announced that native forest logging in Western Australia will end at the start of 2024. Foresters said they were blindsided
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