{"id":530,"date":"2011-12-12T00:43:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T00:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2011\/12\/12\/petition-highlights-value-of-timber-industries\/"},"modified":"2011-12-12T00:43:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T00:43:35","slug":"petition-highlights-value-of-timber-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/petition-highlights-value-of-timber-industries\/","title":{"rendered":"PETITION HIGHLIGHTS VALUE OF TIMBER INDUSTRIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>December 9, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is supporting a petition to highlight the valuable contribution made by Australia\u2019s timber industries.<\/p>\n<p>The online petition was launched by Tasmanian Senator and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry Richard Colbeck.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said the timber harvesting and related industries were critical to the future of Gippsland but were at risk under a Labor-Greens Government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite years of jobs losses in the industry as Labor and the Greens have combined to force cut backs, the timber sector is still a vital part of the Gippsland economy,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunities like Orbost and Heyfield rely on sustainable timber harvesting and timber processing businesses to provide employment to local people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraditional industries are under threat from Labor\u2019s policies which are being dictated by the city-based Greens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Greens are desperate to stop all harvesting of native timber but any such move would have severe implications on employment opportunities and the economy of several Gippsland communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Colbeck, who visited Gippsland in August to speak with timber industry representatives, said there has never been a more important time to stand up and demonstrate support for Australia\u2019s forestry industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am increasingly concerned that the good stories about forestry are drowned out by campaigns based on half-truths and fiction,\u201d Senator Colbeck said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest goal appears to be shutting down all native forest activity and there is a lot of frustration among forest communities that they are not being heard and that green groups are dominating the corridors of power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we need to keep highlighting the many positive contributions that can be brought on by active native forestry management such as greater carbon absorption, and bushfire mitigation; provision of renewable resources for construction, manufacturing and energy generation; and employment and wealth generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will table this petition to ensure our views are brought to the attention of the Labor-Greens Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gippslanders who wish to sign the online petition can do so at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/supporting_australian_forest_industries\/\">www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/supporting_australian_forest_industries\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>December 9, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is supporting a petition to highlight the valuable contribution made by Australia\u2019s timber industries.<\/p>\n<p>The online petition was launched by Tasmanian Senator and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry Richard Colbeck.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said the timber harvesting and related industries were critical to the future of Gippsland but were at risk under a Labor-Greens Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}