Senate debates
Monday, 9 September 2024
Bills
Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024; Second Reading
11:16 am
Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
I withdraw—and we need to do better.
So, while the Greens will be working constructively with the government on this bill to stop illegal logging and crack down on illegal logging, let's not forget that it is criminal in this day and age that we are still logging native forests. Governments are subsidising this. Taxpayers are paying for it. We're paying for our own destruction, future generations will pay for it, our wildlife is paying for it, and it's time we did better.
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