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One of three ecological thinning stockpiles in WA’s South West.

Why timber industry insiders are worried 100,000 tonnes of WA timber will be left to rot

Timber industry insiders are increasingly concerned an estimated 100,000 tonnes of timber will be left to rot. But the government says every bit of it has a home to go to.

  • Hamish Hastie

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Logging operations earlier this month inside the proposed Great Koala National Park.

Dramatic footage shows logging inside proposed koala park

The Minns government’s key environmental promise was the Great Koala National Park. Two years after the election, government loggers are still cutting down trees in the area.

  • Nick O'Malley
Economist Ken Henry is living back on the Mid North Coast where he grew up, and focusing on environmental work.

The secret ‘wild life’ of Ken Henry

The former Treasury boss sometimes came to the office with a joey tucked under his shirt to keep it warm. The economist’s full-time focus is now squarely on the environment.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A native forest logging site in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, part of the assessment area for the Great Koala National Park.

Koala park delay prompts fear Labor has folded to logging industry

After nearly two years in government, state Labor has still not created the koala national park it promised in 2015, prompting criticism from one of its own.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Speaking for the trees: Samantha Ratnam (left), Bob Brown and Sonya Semmens.

Back to basics – and familiar faces – as Greens eye balance of power

The minor party will issue a list of key demands of minority government ahead of the federal election. This is one of them.

  • Bianca Hall
Logging site at Mt Horsfall.

Inside the fight to save the last Victorian Highlands forest fairies

Faced with ‘government inaction’ on protecting Australia’s most critically endangered animals, these campaigners are taking matters into their own hands.

  • Bianca Hall
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Debris the Forestry Corporation of NSW left behind from its logging operations near Batemans Bay.

Forestry Corp’s wooden-headed inflation of timber stats is no surprise

On the eve of the expected announcement of the boundaries for the Great Koala National Park comes a disturbing revelation about the state government’s troubled logging arm.

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Bush Users’ Group founder Bill Schulz has launched the most successful Victorian petition ever, campaigning against new national parks.

How our national parks got dragged into the culture wars

The bitter fight against national parks has attracted a motley crew of prospectors, 4WD enthusiasts, shooters, horse riders, unionists and micro-parties.

  • Bianca Hall
A native forest logging site in Wild Cattle Creek state forest in December, part of the assessment area for the Great Koala National Park.

‘Fiasco’: State government loggers caught out exaggerating wood harvest

Forestry Corporation of NSW has blamed a “data extraction error” for the massive discrepancies in the biomaterial reports.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Ranger Martin Smith in Bindarri National Park.

State loggers admit to ‘very serious offence’ in felling a hectare of national park forest

The state forestry body also reported a $29 million loss in its hardwood division for 2023–24, and a productivity report has found the industry is economically unviable.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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