Back gate Lily denies timber workers an audience
Labor’s Minister for Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio today denied Gippsland native timber workers an audience in the Latrobe Valley, instead choosing to slip out a back gate and return to…
Bath blasts Labor over cruel timber axing in state parliament
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use Melina Bath has blasted the Andrews Government to task over its decision to axe Victoria’s native…
Victoria’s Bushfire response in jeopardy
It has been revealed Victoria bushfire response system is in jeopardy with regional Victoria vulnerable to wildfire because of Labor’s plans to close the native timber industry. During the 2019-20…
Third Party Litigtaion – Timber Code of Practice
Ms BATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:46): (1965) My question is to the Minister for Environment and Climate Action. The native timber industry in Gippsland is in crisis. Third-party litigation has seen…
Nationals MP’s welcome Federal Court judgement on VicForests
Gippsland timber jobs are more secure following the announcement the full bench of the Federal Court unanimously upheld VicForests appeal against a single judge’s decision a year ago. The initial…
Bath backs timber milling and manufacturing jobs
A recent visit to Victorian Sustainable Products by The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath has highlighted the value of local timber milling and manufacturing jobs. Ms Bath…