Campaign Counters Greens’ Misinformation

6 August 2007
The Australian Government has launched a communications campaign in Japan promoting the sustainable forest industry of Tasmania.
Chief executive of the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) Catherine Murphy said the program would will set the record straight on the sustainable forest industry in Tasmania.
”It is unfortunate that the Government has been forced to fund this campaign as a response to the misinformation peddled in Japan by the Australian environmental movement,” Murphy said.
“If it wasn’t for the scurrilous misinformation spread by radical environmental campaigners, including the Greens politicians and the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), there would be no need for taxpayers’ funds to be spent in this way.
“The damage has affected the industry in Australia by damaging export market opportunities.”

Deputy Premier Launches Timber ‘Green’ Guide

Queensland's Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure Anna Bligh launched the Queensland Timber Buying Guide - a guide to buying 'green' - at the Housing Industry Association Home Building Expo in Brisbane on August 3.
An initiative of Timber Queensland (TQ) and produced with support from Forestry Plantations Queensland, the guide provides a 12- step process for timber purchasers, specifiers and designers to ensure the timber they use is suitable for the application intended and comes from well-managed and legally harvested forests.
TQ chief executive Rod McInnes said the state’s production forest estate was certified to the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS), which was internationally recognised by the Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) as world’s best practice.
“Users of timber sourced from these forests can rest easy that the products they have chosen meet the highest environmental standards,” McInnes said. “Chain of custody certification, which will allow timber products to be labelled, is being pursued by Queensland producers to assure specifiers and consumers of the timber’s sustainability.”
McInnes said in instances where Queensland-grown timber was not used and where recycled timber wasconsidered, the guide provided assistance in sourcing appropriate timber products.

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