The Latest Breaking News from VicForests

Victoria’s native forest logging industry ended on January 1 this year. The news was met with jubilation from conservationists.

Leading ecologist David Lindenmayer says it was important to write a book on native forest logging in Australia, despite enduring years of personal attacks.

Native forest logging will cease in Victoria from 2024, but those who live and work in state forests say there’s been little communication about what happens next

The Victorian government announced on Tuesday it would phase out harvesting native forests by next year, shocking the timber industry

Employees ‘blindsided’ by the government’s decision must now consider retraining at Tafe as the state’s native timber resources run dry

Victoria's decision to bring forward the end of native timber harvesting was meant to bring certainty, but it has not eased the pain in timber communities.

The shutting down of the industry six years earlier than scheduled comes after decades of conflict

By the end of the year, Victoria’s trouble-plagued native forest industry will end – six years ahead of schedule. The state’s iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at last be safe from chainsaws. And there will be no shortage of wood – there’s more than enough plantation timber…

The Victorian government will phase out native timber logging by the end of the year and is expected to announce a transition package in the state budget.