Domestic log accord needed or govt will intervene – Jones

Domestic log accord needed or govt will intervene – Jones
Gavin Evans
Forest owners need to come up with an industry plan to increase log supply for domestic processing or risk greater intervention by the government to make it happen, Forestry Minister Shane Jones says. Draft legislation enabling the creation of a register of forestry advisers and log traders was the mechanism the government would use if sector players couldn’t resolve the problem themselves, Jones told BusinessDesk. The Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Bill introduced last night in Parliament includes in...

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