With both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader in Tasmania today it is worth looking at how the electorate in that state is thinking. Recent polling shows 8 in 10 voters in the marginal Tasmanian electorate of Braddon believe forest industries are either ‘important’ or ‘very important’ to the economy. Source: Timberbiz
The second poll in a month conducted for the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), shows voters overwhelmingly want political parties to back forest industries at this Federal election.
Just as a similar poll in the electorate of Bass two weeks ago showed, the most recent uComms poll in the electorate of Braddon of 861 voters found 8 in 10 regard forest industries as ‘important’ or ‘very important’ to the Tasmanian economy. Seven in 10 believe Australia should have a strong native timber industry for the production of quality timber products.
“This election, the 120,000 Australians who work across the full value chain of forest industries will be looking closely at which political parties offer the best plan for their futures,” Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) CEO Ross Hampton said.
