Victoria's logging regulator is failing to fully use its powers, and cannot assure the public it is effectively reducing the risk of illegal logging, according to a report by the Victorian Auditor-General's Office (VAGO).
The report, published on Thursday, is critical of how the Office of the Conservation Regulator (OCR) reviews its own activities, as well as its ability to investigate allegations of widespread or systemic breaches of the law by the state owned logging company, VicForests.
