“It seems an absolute absurdity that the Labor Party in Victoria are starving forestry workers of their livelihoods,” Barnaby Joyce told parliament last week. “They are not getting access to timber. Apparently, there is a greater fascination in Leadbeater’s possum than there is in the working men and women of Victoria.”
The impending closure of Victoria’s Heyfield sawmill is bringing the environment to the headlines and pitting union against Labor, and National against Liberal. Karen Middleton reports.
Plus: Paul Bongiorno on Malcolm Turnbull’s treaty debacle with China and Martin McKenzie-Murray on anti-expert Pete Evans.
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