Premier won’t be able to keep ASH promises
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We are becoming a bit weary of the unhelpful remarks regarding "greedy mill owners" and "blackmailing" the poor government.
Former Gippslander supports local workers
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: As a former Gippslander, I am full of empathy for those workers at the Hazelwood Power Station and the Heyfield timber mill who look likely to lose their jobs as these successful enterprises close down.
Shut down of logging politically motivated
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Seemingly the Heyfield mill is doomed to close, just as the mills in Cann River and beyond had to shut down.
‘Locking up’ forests results in super hot fires
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: It is disturbing and unfair to the Heyfield community to see the letters from people with a leaning to green movement ideals advocating the locking up of native forests and all will be fine for the forests and their future.
‘Land-grab’ by Greens to increase park area
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I am amazed at the amount of obfuscation and misinformation that has been published in your letters to the editor recently.
Where will we get our timber products from?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Greens are hell-bent on closing down logging, but no one ever says what the alternative to timber is.
Heyfield businesses ‘should adapt’
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Our beautiful Rubicon Forest is being wiped out to support the Heyfield mill.
Logging and Heyfield mill ‘not sustainable’
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Logging at current rates can at most continue for another three years, and then there will be no logs left.
ASH innovation will be lost if mill closes
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I write in relation to the state government's impending announcement in relation to the future of Australian Sustainable Hardwoods, the broader Victorian hardwood timber industries, and the up and downstream industries that they support.
We must preserve Heyfield mill jobs
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Gippslanders, where is the fury and the passion?
Batting for forest regeneration
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Heyfield timber workers may also point to the increased presence of grey-headed flying foxes as allies as they are strong agents of forest regeneration.
Timber harvesting is just not sustainable
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: If the Victorian Government is going to make a $40 million investment in the region, is logging the best option for the region for jobs and the Victorian taxpayer?
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