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Vote Nationals – the call to save the timber industry in Victoria

21 November 2022
With polling having opened in Bairnsdale for this weekend’s State election in Victoria, and the first votes having already being cast, the sitting Member for East Gippsland Tim Bull, says saving the timber industry in East Gippsland is only one reason to vote Nationals. Source:
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Friday analysis: the face of the timber industry at today’s Gippsland protest

18 November 2022
The battle for the timber industry in East Gippsland today hit the road, hopefully tugging at the Labor Government’s heartstrings. This morning timber workers rallied in Warragul and Rosedale before driving their trucks down the Princes Freeway to Morwell, in what organisers described
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VFPA analyses major parties in Vic election without support from Labor or Greens

18 November 2022
The Victorian Forest Products Association has analysed the responses of the major parties to its election asks. The analysis reveals that the Liberals and Nationals Coalition policies show the most overall support for forestry. Source: Timberbiz VFPA CEO Deb Kerr said it was extremely
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Opinion: John Cameron – Govt policy drives Gippsland timber industry to extinction

18 November 2022
The Andrews Government forest policy is driving the Gippsland timber industry towards extinction and leading to greater use of less ecologically sustainable building materials and imported forest products from countries with poor social and environmental records and manufactured using
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ABARES conference in Canberra 2023

16 November 2022
Reflecting current events and future trends, ABARES has announced ‘Global uncertainty, local challenges’ as the theme for next year’s annual Outlook conference. Source: Timberbiz As the Australian agriculture sector’s premier agenda-setting event, Outlook 2023 will be held in Canberra
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Not even Greens supporters agree with their forestry policies

16 November 2022
New polling in the hotly contested seat of Melton north west of Melbourne has shown that not even Greens supporters agreed with their policies on native forestry, while independents shaped up to be the new Greens, according to the VFPA. Source: Timberbiz The UComms polling of Melton v
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Weight of hefty interest rates crashes home building targets

14 November 2022
Sales of new homes fell by 22.8% in October as the weight of increases in the cash rate slows building activity. The HIA New Home Sales report, a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states, is a leading indicator of future detached home construction.
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Opinion: Carlie Porteous – Victoria kills off two threatened human species

14 November 2022
As Supreme Court Judge Richards handed down her initial decision of Friday 4 November requiring an unworkable process for merchantable wood production my heart sank. Once ‘that call’ was received, I hoped I’d have enough courage for my members not to get emotional. I didn’t. This deci
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Maryvale mill a victim of Victorian timber harvesting halt

14 November 2022
The Latrobe Valley’s biggest employer, the Maryvale Paper Mill, has warned a halt to timber harvesting jeopardises critical supplies of hardwood pulp logs to the site. Source: Weekly Times Opal, which employs 850 workers at its Maryvale Australian Paper mill, issued a statement saying
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Vicforests forced to stop all native harvesting; annihilation of companies & communities

11 November 2022
Native timber harvesting in Victoria has stopped following last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on a drawn-out case involving Environment East Gippsland versus VicForests. Sources: Timberbiz, Weekly Times VicForests ordered the stand-down, after Justice Melinda Richards ruled the state-
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