So Blueridge sawmill operator Allan Richards doesn’t want to end native forest
logging (Magnet 15/10/15). My response: he would say that, wouldn't he? Mr
Richards’ sawmill got roughly $6m from taxpayers to act as window dressing for
the woodchipping industry. You can't maintain the myth that woodchipping is a
by-product of sawmilling unless you have at least one sawmill. Eden now has only
one, Blueridge. Without massive subsidies like
this the industry would have disappeared years ago.
Sincerely
Harriett Swift