Tasmania backs forestry while Victoria and WA run for cover

The Tasmanian Government is certainly putting its money where its mouth is in terms of forestry and timber. An investment of $6 million in a calculated bid to gain higher returns by increasing value-added production is hardly spare change.Seven projects around Tasmania will share in a $6 million investment to help turn existing wood supplies, as well as wood residues, into higher-value products.

As Tasmanian Forest Products Association CEO Nick Steel said, the program recognises and supports Tasmania’s timber industry to continue to transform and develop into world leading producers.

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