When a State Government Minister admits to discouraging its own agency from pursuing a $2m debt owed by anti-forestry activists, the unholy alliance between Government and activism is laid bare.
Forest & Wood Communities Australia (FWCA) is calling on the Victorian Government to stop assisting activism and order MyEnvironment to pay its $2m debt to the taxpayer.
It is now racing towards two years since Forest & Wood Communities Australia was conceived. In that time, we have achieved a great deal, despite the challenges of Covid, and we are looking forward to getting out and continuing to build our membership and our presence in the forestry conversation.
Forest workers, their families and communities have been deeply disturbed by an economic analysis released last week by the Australian National University and consultancy firm, Frontier Economics.
Forest & Wood Communities Australia continues to defend its members and all who live and work in forest communities against the ongoing ideological war on forestry.
The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and other outlets published an article regarding a freedom of information (FOI) request lodged by the South East Timber Association on 28 April 2021.
The Victorian Labor Government is rushing through a Bill designed to make it impossible for forest contractors to work in the bush without fear of prosecution.
Forest & Wood Communities Australia has presented the case for forest communities to the Major Event Review of the Victorian Regional Forest Agreements following the 2019-20 fires.
The review of the Victorian RFAs following the 2019-20 bushfires is an opportunity to call for a commonsense approach to native forestry.
Forest & Wood Communities Australia has called on the Hobart Magistrate’s Court to consider the motivation behind illegal workplace invasions as it deliberates on Bob Brown trespass charges.