DEAR News Of The Area,
IT is unbelievable that the courts have ruled in favour of the continued destruction and clear felling of our old growth native forests!
This is despite Australia’s record extinction of our precious native wildlife due to loss of habitat, food source and threats of bushfires, floods and drought due to climate change.
If our state and federal politicians were listening to the voting public, they would know that a top priority for our environment, and the preservation of our forests and wildlife, is the immediate end of native forest logging!
The outdated economical argument of job preservation and the importance to preservation of local towns no longer holds true.
These timber industries are operating at a loss, are unsustainable, and more income can be achieved from tourism, especially if the existing forests and wildlife are preserved.
This is not an argument to be voted on by lawyers, instead listen to the people who care.
Common sense must prevail!
Too much has already been lost.
Regards,
Ziggy KOENIGSEDER