bourbiza mohamed
Native timber logging in Victoria is set to grind to a halt by the end of the year, with the state government using today’s budget to bring forward the death of the industry.
Key points:
- The government will provide more than $200 million that will help transition workers out of the native timber industry
- Workers will be given opportunities to retrain for other sectors
- VicForests stopped harvesting in November last year after the Supreme Court ruled it had broken the law
The state’s timber industry has been troubled for years, with bushfires, environmental no-logging zones and court decisions…
