Timber industry representatives have broadly rejected government claims that plantation timber will fill the void.
"It's just physically impossible. It takes 50 to 70 years to grow good saw-log timber — it doesn't happen in 10 years. "The Minister actually needs to go and do a lesson in what varieties actually produce what timber —the messages that have been sent out are just plain misleading.""It's a bit hard to transition to something that's not even in the ground — it takes a minimum of 12 years to grow," she said.
The Government said over the past 10 years the availability of native timber for harvesting had decreased by about half due to bushfires and wildlife protection measures, and consumer and retail demand had grown for plantation timber products.
Oh yeah let's chop down more koala habitats
What ?! Do trees grow ?
Hands up who hates Dan Andrews.
how many workers does logging bring? few dozens With China ban we should scrap logging Let poor countries like PNG export their timber
2030 is too far away. If there's any bush left worth protecting, they'll get to it, the redneck bastards!
These selfish red neck bastards. Time's up either for the bush, or for them. Over exploitation cannot continue. Plantation only DanielAndrewsMP
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This deserves one simple answer: go log yourselves!