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The peak associations representing Victoria’s sustainably managed timber industry have cautiously welcomed today’s Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) announcement, but say that much more needs to be done to secure the long-term future for the thousands of Victorian jobs dependent on secure resource supply. [imic_button colour=”btn-success” type=”enabled” link=”../wp-content/uploads/2018/03/180323-Media-Release-VAFI-urges-finalisation-of-agreements-as-RFA-deadlines-approach.pdf” target=”_blank” extraclass=”” size=”btn-sm”]Download Read more…

Polling commissioned by forest industries ahead of the weekend’s Batman by-election showed core issues such as health and education, rather than another national park, was the deciding factor for the majority of voters. Of Labor voters surveyed, most cared far more about the traditional anchor issues of health and education Read more…

Last November, the group Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum (FLBP) brought action in the Federal Court arguing that as the five yearly review of the RFA covering the Central Highlands was overdue, this invalidated the RFA and its exemption under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act [EPBC Act]. [imic_button Read more…

Victorian members of Parliament have shown their support for the state’s forest and wood products industry at the launch of the Forest and Wood Products Support Group at State Parliament today. The support group is co-convened by Mr Gary Blackwood MP, Member for Narracan, and the Member for Southern Metropolitan, Read more…