Govt provides $10 million for slash clean up

Govt provides $10 million for slash clean up
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Riley Kennedy
The government has committed just over $10 million from this week’s budget to help clean up forestry debris on the East Coast.It’s aiming to remove 70,000 tonnes of woody debris and slash from river and catchment systems.However, the Forest Owners Association (FOA) believes the ministerial inquiry, which prompted the government to make the move on slash, had a core of practical recommendations, but “has not addressed some more difficult and fundamental issues”.The inquiryAfter Cyclone Gabrielle tore through the uppe...

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