Commentary
When mindless environmental zealotry turns into environmental vandalism and economic destruction something is badly wrong.
What turns the wrong into an inexcusable outrage is when the government allows it to occur, ignoring the common good which is at stake. This is exactly the state of play in the state of Victoria where the debt-ridden government has been able to find $200 million (US$130 million) to close the environmentally friendly native forest sector within the next seven months, with the devastation of rural communities and the loss of hundreds of jobs.
Using taxpayer funds, in a time of a debt crisis, to pay people to stop producing a much needed environmentally friendly resource that alleviates a pressing housing shortage is irresponsibility writ large….