Vic ends native forest logging, now Tas.
The TCC is proud to be a signatory to this open letter to the Premier calling on the government to follow Victoria and Western Australia and put an end to native forest logging. You can add your name too.
Sixty-seven prominent Australians have signed an open letter congratulating the Victorian government for ending native forest logging and calling on the Tasmanian Premier to follow suit and protect Tasmania's native forests.
Signatories include: Independent federal MPs Zali Steggall and Zoe Daniel, Olympic legend Ian Thorpe, renowned authors Tim Winton and Richard Flanagan, renowned actors Claudia Karvan, Essie Davis and Miriam Margolyes, former federal Greens leaders Bob Brown, Richard Di Natale and Christine Milne, Violent Femmes bassist and MONA music director Brian Ritchie, Lime Cordiale lead singer Oliver Liembach and 2017 Australian of the Year Tim Flannery.
Australia Institute research shows ending native forest logging is not just good environmental policy, but good economic policy.
You can add your name here:
https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/protect_tasmanias_native_forests
1 June 2023