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Regional Bank Rejects Loan on Native Logging Grounds, Opposition Pans ‘Woke Agenda’

The state minister argues reducing support for local logging will result in higher imports from Asia.
Regional Bank Rejects Loan on Native Logging Grounds, Opposition Pans ‘Woke Agenda’
A branch of Bendigo bank in Melbourne, Australia on Aug. 20, 2012. AAP image/David Crosling
Alfred Bui
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has criticised Bendigo Bank for allegedly catering to a “woke agenda” after it refused to provide finance to a forestry contractor on environmental grounds.

In 2022, the Tasmanian forestry firm TP Bennett and Sons applied to the regional bank for a loan to purchase equipment for the business.

Alfred Bui
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Alfred Bui is an Australian reporter based in Melbourne and focuses on local and business news. He is a former small business owner and has two master’s degrees in business and business law. Contact him at [email protected].