In the ongoing debate over the banning of native timber harvesting, voices like Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens, and celebrity activist Leonardo DiCaprio often take center stage, championing environmental causes and preaching about the urgency of protecting our planet. However, their lofty rhetoric is tainted by…
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20 March 2024
Hypocrisy of environmental crusaders
In the ongoing debate over the banning of native timber harvesting, voices like Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens, and celebrity activist Leonardo DiCaprio often take center stage, championing environmental causes and preaching about the urgency of protecting our planet. However, their lofty rhetoric is tainted by…
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The Greens' push for a global ban on timber imports from such regions raises concerns about the practicality and fairness of the far-left party in Victoria, the question now is - do they wish to increase imports from countries like the Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Borneo and Malaysia?
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In recent developments, the New South Wales (NSW) Government's Department of Planning and Environment decision not to include Forest and Wood Communities Australia (FWCA) in the Great Koala National Park has sparked controversy and raised concerns among communities that are concerned with the risk that timber communities will…
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Putting aside the of the lack of any justifiable reason to close the sustainable native hardwood industry in Victoria. the government's failure to provide a fair and compassionate response leaves families like the Clarks in a precarious position, grappling with the aftermath of circumstances beyond their control –…
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14 February 2024
FWCA to attend PRIMEX field days
Forest and Wood Communities Australia (FWCA) is thrilled to announce its participation in the upcoming Primex Field Days, a significant event that fosters a crucial connection between timber and wood communities, forest and wood industries, and the everyday individual.
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5 February 2024
Extremists can’t handle the Greater Glider facts
In the landscapes of NSW State Forests, a shadow looms large – extremist Ideologue groups, fervently attempting to shroud the timber industry in controversy and misinformation. The battle between unhinged and ill-informed false conservation and responsible forestry has reached a critical juncture, with recent events exposing many group's…
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30 January 2024
Bluegum blunder by activists
Forest and Wood Communities Australia, unfortunately finds it necessary to address the recent, peculiar actions of environmental activists targeting Victorian plantation timber harvesting. While respecting differing opinions, it is crucial to underscore the irony and misinformed nature of these activists protesting in plantations, which were expressly established for…
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22 January 2024
Labor continues Lock-up and leave approach
In recent years, there has been a concerning trend observed in Labor-led state governments in Australia—the locking up of productive state forests. These forests, which could be utilized for sustainable timber harvesting – alongside healthy and productive past times such as hunting, fishing, prospecting, horse-riding etc - are…
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Forest and Wood Communities Australia welcomes the decision of the Australian Federal Court - throwing out a case brought forward by extremist “environmental” group North East Forest Alliance (NEFA), in a welcome victory for timber communities all over New South Wales.
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10 January 2024
Federal Court Throws Out Extremist Environmentalist Case
Forest and Wood Communities Australia welcomes the decision of the Australian Federal Court - throwing out a case brought forward by extremist “environmental” group North East Forest Alliance (NEFA), in a welcome victory for timber communities all over New South Wales.
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9 January 2024
Minns government have hard(wood) choice to make
We are hopeful at Forest and Wood Communities Australia that the Minns Labor Government will continue to support the sustainable native timber sector and not give into the anti-rural pro-activist tendencies of their Victorian Labor cousins. The Victorian experience shows us the potential impacts that a mismanaged sector-wide…
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