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Loggers Will Own Victoria’s Forests

By Nicholas Croggon. 7 May 2013. Published on newmatilda.com (http://newmatilda.com) The Victorian Government is on the verge of handing over control of the state’s forests to an unprofitable, poorly-regulated logging corporation – potentially for decades,...

VicForests attacked over logging plan

Tom Arup Environment editor, The Age. May 16, 2013. http://www.theage.com.au/environment/vicforests-attacked-over-logging-plan-20130516-2jp28.html Victoria’s state-owned timber company will reduce logging by 25 per cent in the bushfire-ravaged mountain ash...

Fears for Leadbeater’s possum

April 9, 2013 Tom Arup http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fears-for-leadbeaters-possum-20130408-2hhde.html The Napthine government has quietly dumped controversial proposed changes to the state’s timber code allowing loggers to seek exemptions from laws...