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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

‘Bad deal for taxpayers’: huge losses from NSW forest logging, reports reveal

Logging sites in Tallaganda state forest, NSW
Logging sites in Tallaganda state forest, NSW. The state forestry corporation has had losses totalling $72m in its native hardwood forest division since 2020-21. Photograph: Andrew Kaineder/WWF-Australia

Two reports revealing the extent of financial losses from native forest logging in New South Wales raise questions about the economic viability of the industry.

The state government’s forestry corporation “consistently made a loss” by paying contractors more for harvesting and haulage than it earned from delivery of timber to sawmills, a NSW Independent Pricing and Review Tribunal (Ipart) report found.

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