Yesterday we learned that Labor and the Liberals are working on a bilateral agreement to approve Tasmanian logging operations. This is being done before the relevant environmental standards have even been finalised.
This is totally unacceptable.
Australian billionaires added another $53 billion to their fortunes last year.
The average billionaire got $811,000 richer every single day.
Meanwhile, people are skipping meals, putting off medical appointments and wondering how they'll pay the rent.
This will lock in ongoing destruction of nature and massive greenhouse gas emissions from industrial logging.
It’s yet another lifeline for the native forest logging industry, which cannot survive without massive taxpayer subsidies.
The native forest logging industry should be ended once and for all, not propped up with public funds under the cover of "clean industry" funding.