Early Axing of Logging Falls Hard on Victorian Timber Towns

Early Axing of Logging Falls Hard on Victorian Timber Towns
Logged trees in Mountain Ash forest, Victoria, Australia, on April 30, 2018. AAP Image/The Australian National University
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At an early morning toolbox meeting, Kevin de Hoedt’s boss assured his sawmill team they had work for the next six years.

By lunchtime, he broke the news their industry would be gone in six months.