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Statements
2025
27 January 2025
Submission on DA (10-2024-276-1) SEFE DP1066187 Proposal to make the
existing temporary log storage yard a permanent land use at part Lot 17
2024
15 December 2024
Forestry
Corporation reports worst loss ever on native forest logging
15 May 2024
David and Goliath Court Victory NSW Supreme Court of Appeal allows
SEFR's Appeal against Forestry Corporation NSW SEFR statement
10 April 2024
Open
letter to NSW Premier Chris Minns to end logging in public native
forests and koala habitat.Published
in Sydney Morning Herald.
24 March 2024 March in
March Address to Bega Rally
19 February 2024
Bega Valley
Mayor’s plan to increase native forest logging -
Address to
council - How Councillors voted -
Council
minutes
10 January 2024
Federal Court ruling fails NSW’s threatened and endangered species
(NCC statement)
2023
23 May 2023
SERCA
welcomes Victorian budget decision to hasten end to native forest
logging.
23 March 2023
“New research finds small mammals thriving and increasing in Eden State
forests”
13 March 2023
Time to end native
forest logging: voters don’t want it and don’t need it
9 March 2023 Interview on Ernst and Young report:
“Economic Contribution Study of the NSW hardwood timber industry”ABC
SE:
interview
EY Report
7 March 2023
What could $1.74M a
year do for the Bega Shire community? [Nature Conservation Council]
26 February 2023
High time to vote
for stronger action climate and the environment [South East Climate
Alliance]
2022
13 December 2022 Total logging up
170% and woodchip logging up 270%. Talking points
30 November 2022 Eden
chipmill owner reports a $60,453,885 profit
21 October 2022 Big Bad Biomass
day. International Day of Action Photo
16 September 2022
NSW
Government backs dangerous logging of native forests
8 September
2022
NSW biggest native forest logger loses
sustainability certification
1 September 2022
Federal Government
must reject burning native forest wood as “renewable” energy
29 August 2022
A "conservationist"
view of our forests?
28 March 2022
Free
Climate Action Now yard
signs and stickers give voice to Eden-Monaro locals
21 March 2022
Let's mark
International Day for Forests with an end to native forest logging
2021
30 November 2021
Forestry Corporation declares $20M loss on native forest logging
26 November 2021
Leaked Government
report signals an end to native forest logging
18 November 2021
More multi-million dollar
gifts from taxpayers to the logging industry Letter to the editor, BDN,
Merimbula News Weekly, Eden Magnet
20 October 2021
Harriett Swift address to
BVSC on Eden chipmill decision,
14 September 2021
Address to Public
Forum, Bega Valley Shire Council on
(10-2020-81-1) Timber Optimisation Hub
7 September 2021
Chipmill expansion approval must
be reconsidered
14 August 2021
Dan Andrews’ pledge to end logging threatened by rising Allied wood-chip
monopoly. Michael West Media
28 July
2021 "Chipmill’s
move closer to monopoly must be stopped" – conservationists
18 April
2021
Logging Eden: NSW south coast forestry dominated by potentially illegal
wood-chipping
by Harriet Swift | Michael West Media
12 April
2021
Almost 100% woodchips from post bushfire logging of Eden Region native
forests
16 March
2021
Logging must not
resume on the South Coast
19
February 2021
Legal Action
Launched Against Council Consent for Eden Woodchip Mill Proposal
Following Bushfires (SEFR)
2
February 2021
Logging
industry exemption from Australia’s main environment protection law must
end
14
January 2021
Taxpayer gifts to
the woodchipping industry (Letter to the Editor, Eden Magnet)
2020
3 November 2020
Bushfire grants to the
Eden chipmill “a tragic waste of money and opportunity.”
5 September 2020
Call for halt to
Yambulla logging
29July 2020
Call for
transparency on chipmill DAs
29 June
2020 PM's visit to the Eden
chipmill Letter to the Editor, AFR
26 June
2020 Woodchipping.
Letter to the editor re Scott Morrison visit to chipmill
21 June
2020 Forestry jobs -
response to AFPA (Tumut)
12 June
2020
Conservationists
urge stronger federal protection for forest wildlife
13 May
2020 SERCA submission
to Bega Valley Shire Council on chipmill DA application.
6 May
2020
SERCA says to ‘no’
chipmill expansion
10 March
2020
Logging
in burnt South Coast forests starts this week - worse than “normal”
logging
15
February 2020 50 years of
woodchipping have made the region's forests more fire prone
11
February 2020
With 80 per cent of
South Coast forests burnt- now is the time to end native forest logging
21
January 2020
Business as usual is not an option - logging
must not resume before the fires are even out
2019
10 December 2019
Forest groups
call for halt to logging in drought and bushfire crisis
29 November 2019
Logging while NSW burns (with
David Shoebridge MP)
28 November 2019
Eviction Notice handed to Eden chipmill owners on 50th Anniversary of
woodchipping
18 November 2019
Questions for chipmill to
answer
13 November 2019
Woodchipping is
South Coast’s Adani: 50 year scorecard launched
11 October 2019
Record new low price for woodchip
logs revealed in Parliament this week
26 September 2019
“Right to Farm Bill”
aims to criminalise woodchip protests
22 August 2019
Senate
Committee warned, new logging laws may mean worse outcomes for forest
wildlife
9 May 2019 Open letter to all Eden-Monaro candidates
Poll flyer -
Forest and Wood
Products Aust. Community perceptions of Australia's forest, wood and paper
industries. August 2018. Draft.
1 May 2019
Labor forest
policy more threat than promise
15 April 2019
Voters warned to expect a barrage of
fake news from the logging industry in Eden-Monaro election campaign
12 April 2019
Marginal seat polling shows environment a key issue for federal election
22 February 2019
New report
details loss of social license for native forest woodchip industry
18 February 2019 Make up your
mind, Norm!
18 January 2019
Lack of Commonwealth accountability means forests destined to go the
same way as rivers
9
January 2019
New
Eden Wood Supply Agreements “fudging” the truth
2018
6 December 2018
New Regional Forest Agreements signal
move to lower value products
and less protection
1 December 2018
Renewing Regional Forest Agreements "a huge mistake"
14 November 2018
Native forest
logging has lost public support
19 September 2018
Woodchip logs “given away” – new
figures reveal
21
August 2018
Conservationist dismay at new native forest wood project for Eden chipmill
20 August 2018
Logging
adds to fire risk. Letter to editor
7 June 2018
Conservation protest:
native forests are not a ‘magic pudding’
30 May 2018 Submission to
Inquiry into the Provisions of the Forestry Legislation Amendment Bill.
30 May 2018 IFOA "consultations" - new
logging laws
7 May
2018 South
Coast Koalas Ignored in new Strategy
22
February 2018
South Coast spotted gums
sacrificed for Victorian over logging
16 February 2018
Woodchipping industry needs an exit strategy, not another RFA
13 February 2018
Protest at Eden
forest “drop in”
30 January 2018
Regional forest
campaigners say consultations a “sham“
2017
24 October 2017
Parliamentary question reveals one in four
trees logged for firewood
3 May 2017
Forest campaigners
welcome Bill to give public right to prosecute logging law breaches
2 April 2017
When simply being
"legal" isn't enough
(letter to BDN)
21March 2017 Op.ed
article for International Day for Forests 2017
March 2017.
Saving our
Species. Submission to OEH Review of SEP 44
14 February 2017
Chipmill help - what
has the Government got to hide? .
2016
4 December 2016
New
Annual Report reveals yet another native forest logging loss for
Forestry Corporation
1 December 2016
Woodchip vigil and truck count
at the chipmill corner
11 November 2016
No joy for
woodchippers in forestry statistics: comment on ABARES Australian forest
and wood products statistics: March and June quarters 2016
5 October 2016
Call for Government to come clean on chipmill aid
29 September 2016 "Full Steam Ahead"
Eden chip mill repair work financed by
undisclosed internal sources
(report in Eden Magnet)
31 July 2016
Can temporary loader save the
woodchipping industry?
14 June 2016
Chipmill wants a Blank
Cheque
11 May 2016
New report on native forest logging
gives “thumbs down” to Eden woodchipping
21 March 2016
Independant report backs SERCA call to end
subsidies to native forest logging
21 March 2016
Media Alert
International Day of Forests at the chipmill corner
1 March 2016
Forest campaigners welcome
Coastal Flora Reserves, but there is a downside
2015
16 December 2015
New
chipmill owner should end native forest logging
2 November 2015
(Nethercote/ Nullica logging) All logging
always adds to fire risk
16 October
(Sawmiller supports logging) He
would say that, wouldn't he?
31 August 2015 Nullica
Logging the other story. Letter
19 August 2015
27 July 2015 Woodchip
logs flogged for record low prices
9 May 2015
Letter to the
Editor: Renewable Energy Target
13 March 2015
Rebutting Timber
NSW Spin on Costs
2014
23 December 2014
NSW
Forestry Corp accused of cover up on native forest logging losses
17
November 2014
Protecting Forest
Carbon begins at Home, Mr Hunt
29 August 2014
Warburton gives Green Tick to “Dead Koala Power”
3 August 2014
Conservationist wins case
for woodchip supply contract; no legal requirement to keep on logging
2 June 2014
Woodchipper
again blocks information release
13 May
2014 SEFE should close now. Enough
is enough, Nippon Paper!
8 May
2014
“Dirtiest, deadliest and dearest” burning of native forest wood is now
officially “renewable” energy in NSW
29
April 2014 SEFE makes
third loss in 3 years
23
April 2014
Open Letter
to Andrew Constance MP, on his appointment as NSW Treasurer
30
March 2014
It’s Official: Fourteen Years of Forest Failure
5
March 2014
Prime Minister’s speech to
loggers “bizarre”
7 March 2013
(AFCA)
Burning Native Forests
for Electricity. What an Energy Policy! Welcome
to NSW, Circa 1800
2013
3 December 2013
NSW Taxpayers
Bankroll Native Forest Logging by $15 Million; Call for Minister to Act
9
October 2013
Logging
National Parks will not help South East Woodchipping Industry
6
September 2013
Coalition’s Late
Release of Forest Policy to avoid Scrutiny of Subsidies and Permissive
Environmental Law
1
September 2013
Woodchip Complaint could help Chipmill close
15
August 2013
Bega gathering says NO to “Dead
Koala Power”
31 July 2013 (SERCA)
“One Stop Chop” Regional Forest Agreements’
failure has broad lessons
29 July 2013
Forest bioenergy burning plan not just about "waste"
14 July 2013
NSW opens
door for replacing Woodchips with Energy Industry
14 June 2013 “What news do you want to read?”
24 May 2013
15 May
2013 Letter to the editor - Logging in National Parks
7 May
2013
Mainland
Australian Forest Conservation Groups appalled by Tasmanian Forest Law
21
April 2013
Japanese Forest
Campaigners visit South East Forests
21
March 2013
Government Closes Door on
Native Forest Wood Fired Energy
21 February 2013
Chipmill Pellet
Plant Scrapped
11 January 2013
Truth about
Woodchip Contract could “wind up Eden Woodchip Export Business”
2012
21
December 2012
Chipmill
is living on borrowed time - conservationists -
Response
to today’s announcement that South East Fibre Exports (SEFE) will not
close (for now)
27
November 2012
Forest
campaigners welcome news that Chipmill Power Station is officially a
‘dead duck’
23
November 2012
Protesters “wave goodbye to woodchips” to launch Nippon Paper blitz
28 October 2012
South East Forest groups "not unhappy" at Collapse of Tassie
talks
21 July 2012
Open Letter
to Mr Daniel Tuan, Regional Manager, Forests NSW: Logging in Tanja State
Forest
15 May 2012
Bermagui Forest Defenders
in Court tomorrow
9 May
2012 State Forest
Corporatisation “Bad for Taxpayers and Environment”
2 May
2012 Eden Woodchipping in the Red
22
April 2012 Federal Koala listing
“Not Enough”
19 March 2012 Forest
Furnace bid Fails
19 February 2012
Bermagui Forest defenders get
reduced fines
17 February 2012
Who pays for the forest
ferals to sit up tripods?
7 February 2012 Third
time lucky? Speech notes. Bega Valley Shire Council decision on Eden
chipmill wood pellet plant.
2
February 2012 Bega
MP, Andrew Constance biggest Beneficiary of Logger Donations
17 January 2012.
Speaking notes for address to Bega Valley Shire Council for the wood
pellet plant at the Eden chipmill
2011
13
December 2011
Woodchipper protest
"bizarre."
Letter to Bega District
News
20
November 2011 Chipmill Dioxin
claims backed by State Government Document
6
November 2011
Better a guinea pig than a
guinea pig with a penis defect
28
October 2011
Woodchipping is NOT
good for koalas
9
October 2011 Last Mumbulla Forest Defendants “Not Guilty”
12 July 2011
Japan’s biggest paper company fails
to silence forest campaigner
10 July 2011
Carbon Tax threat to
chipmill power station
4
July 2011 Japans biggest paper
manufacturer takes on forest activist
14 June 2011
Council takes less than 5
minutes to open door to wood based energy industry
24 May
2011 Address by Harriett Swift to
the Bega Valley Shire Council Eden woodchip mill Pellet Plant DA2011.35
Lot 16 DP 1066187
8 May 2011
Chipmill accused of
“high handed arrogance” on Pellet Plant
2 May 2011
Letter to the editor
Why are we importing loggers?
20 April 2011
Report Shows Woodchippers
Exporting More for Less Profit
2010
19 December 2010
Wood pellets
“even worse than woodchip power”.
24
November 2010 South East
Woodchipping loses almost $5million a Year
23 November
2010 Woodchippers in Court
Protest
1 November
2010 Forest Defenders Win
Court Change
25 October
2010
Letter to the editor. Woodchip Logging is wrong whether it’s legal or
not
17 October 2010
Forest Activist becomes
Chipmill Shareholder
16 October 2010
Letter to the Editor, Eden Magnet
Recent spate of rule breaking in forestry reply to Mr Vince Phillips of
South East Fibre Exports
11 October
2010 South
East support for Tassie stand on forests grows
24 September 2010 Reply to Ivor G.
Williams
22
September 2010
Question Mark Over Power Station
7
September 2010
Forests NSW “heavy
handed” approach to blockade fines
23
August 2010 Buying votes from the woodchipping
industry doesn’t work – forest campaigner
22 August 2010
Did Tony Abbott's visit
to Narooma increase The Greens & Labor votes?
Letter to
the Editor, Narooma News Weekly.
For joint media statements during
the 2010 federal election campaign, see:
http://www.serca.org.au/our_media_releases/index.html
30 May 2010
Woodchip power station
approval "secretive"
29 May 2010 Letter to BDN
Reply to Peter Rutherford (Mumbulla blockade)
29 May 2010 Letter to Merimbula News Weekly
Reply to Peter Rutherford. Use of paper
6 May 2010
Loggers union tries to exploit koala
crisis
22
April 2010
Logging rules stop more koala finds
14 April 2010
United Call with Traditional
Aboriginal Owners for NSW Premier To Intervene
9 April 2010
Greens MP Lee
Rhiannon and Chipstop -Mumbulla koala blockade success, target Keneally
8 April 2010
Friday could be crunch time
for koala logging
8 April 2010 MASSIVE NEW WOODCHIP
THREAT TO SOUTH EAST FORESTS NSW"Dead
Koala Power"
4 April 2010
“Dead koala” electricity shock for visitors
1 April 2010
KOALA WOODCHIP STANDOFF
_ SOUTH EAST FORESTS NSW Will There Be a Resurrection Easter for Koalas?
1 April 2010 Response to Mr Vince Phillips on koala logging
31 March 2010
Joint statement with Lee Rhiannon MLC:
Koala habitat logging blockade back on.
26 March 2010
The National Interest. ABC RN
The burning issue of bio-energy hits Eden Peter Mitchell CEO SEFE and
Harriett Swift
18th
March 2010
Conservationists
furious at green light for koala forest logging
8 March 2010
Speech to public meeting
Tathra Hall by Harriett Swift
4
March 2010
Machinery Moves on South East Koalas -
Premier
Must Intervene to Stop Confrontation
23
February 2010 Stop koala forest logging
2009
23 December 2009 Forest fraud (letter in
Canberra Times)
7 December 2009
Logging nominated
for waste prize
1 December 2009
Who is Greg?
17 November
Anti-woodchip signs
go
25 October 2009
Tuckey's fat-headed forest fiction
9 October 2009
Chipmill misrepresents
ACCC decision
23 August 2009 Big fight ahead
for local conservationists with passage of Renewable Energy Bill
22 August 2009 Woodchip values - letter
to the editor
17 August 2009
"Don't vote for woodchip power" - Kelly
told
4 August
2009
Conservationists to not support Eden chipmill wood fired power station.
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