Paper Could be in Short Supply After Environmental Court Order Hamstrings Aussie Logging Activity

Union concerned workers will be left jobless before Christmas

Logged trees in Mountain Ash forest, Victoria, Australia, on April 30, 2018. AAP Image/The Australian National University

Paper could be in short supply in Australia after a court order handed down last week to protect sugar gliders could end up forcing the Maryvale Paper Mill into cutting its operations.

The Mill, owned by Opal Australia, employs over 800 people and is expected to run out of hardwood, the main ingredient for white paper by mid-December, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).