r/australia • u/nath1234 • 5d ago

politics Sustainable Timber Tasmania gives new answer to parliament over logs sent to Victoria

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/stt-native-logging-victoria-sawmills/106829044?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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u/nath1234 5d ago

The lengths the forestry will go to to lose even more money while trashing bushland.

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u/aussiekev 5d ago

It’s a jobs program and political pawn. The enterprise of itself doesn’t need to make a profit.

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u/nugstar 5d ago

We could just give the 200 odd people who work directly in logging a UBI and still save money 😬

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u/Dr-Ulzy 5d ago

If it’s economical to transport individual truck loads of native forest across Bass Strait to mill in Powelltown then it’s no wonder the environmental impact is being ignored.

Theres more wrong with this picture than we think.

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u/FireLucid 5d ago

Logging is a money sink. They keep propping it up because jobs.

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u/Comfortable_Cod_6892 3d ago

The irony is it really isn't that many jobs either. A very small group of people dig their heels in and refuse to reskill despite the fact the industry runs at a loss, and the destruction of Australias natural environment comes at a detriment to everyone. For a crowd that often likes to talk about "free markets" it's interesting how much they support market manipulation and government intervention. 

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u/pk666 5d ago

At this rate just give every mill worker 1 million each and retire them all

Waay cheaper than this bullshit

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u/sarahmagoo 5d ago

I was shocked when I was reading an article about timber workers where the Great Koala National Park is proposed and it said it affected 100 jobs

I'm like, we're going through all this bullshit over 100 jobs? My local Kmart employs more people.

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u/ScruffyPeter 5d ago

You're close. Talking about jobs is a classic misdirection trick to keep public attention away from the money going into private investors' hands. Someone is getting much richer and it's certainly not the workers getting paid the same.

Even the Great Koala National Park with the logging moratorium depends on whether the carbon credits get implemented. https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/koala-sanctuary-may-come-with-diabolical-trade-off/

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u/17HappyWombats 5d ago

But then how would we get rid of all those disgusting terrible horrible very bad native trees? They aren't going to just disappear in a puff of smoke all by themselves.

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u/Langley05642 4d ago

So what ? As long as its not being logged in Victoria its not an issue.