The decision by hardware retailer Bunnings to refuse to stock Victorian timber sourced from VicForests is a hypocritical knee-jerk reaction, said Forest & Wood Communities Australia Managing Director, Justin Law. Last month, Bunnings bowed to activist pressure by refusing stock timber from native hardwood harvested in Victoria following the Federal Court’s findings in a case brought against VicForests by activist donation collection group, Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum.
Forest & Wood Communities Australia supports the call for the Bob Brown Foundation (BBF) to be stripped of its charity status after encouraging its members to engage in unlawful activism. Tasmanian forestry advocate Kelly Wilton has demanded action against the BBF after a number of trees due for harvest had metal spikes driven into them resulting in near-death incidents at two saw mills.
FWCA’s membership is made up of workers in the timber industry and those who support it against the radical activism which threatens its existence.
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