economic development

Timber transition half finished

A Transition Built on Sand: The Original LDS Plan and the 2030 Assumption - 2

In 2019 the Victorian Forestry Plan set a 2030 end date for native harvesting. That ten year horizon shaped every part of the transition. When the date was brought forward by six years, the logic collapsed. Part 2 examines how an interrupted timeline left towns exposed before the real work could begin.

The Myth of Blame: Why AKD’s Closure Wasn’t Caused by the Native Timber Ban - 1

AKD Yarram’s closure has been framed as a casualty of the native timber ban, but that story collapses two different industries into one. The mill processed softwood, not native hardwood. The real causes were national construction turbulence and a compressed transition timeline that left towns exposed.