It's unacceptable that the logging assessment bilateral agreement between the Tasmanian and federal governments will be progressed ahead of the relevant environmental standards being finalised, the Greens say.
"This is simply the next chapter in an ongoing collusion between Labor and the Liberals to lock in destruction of Tasmania's precious forests," Australian Greens Forests spokesperson and Senator for Tasmania Nick McKim said.
"We have not even seen some of the environmental standards in draft form, and the ones we have seen are grossly inadequate.
"Governments should be protecting native forests, not conspiring to destroy them.
"Native forest logging should end, and it should end now.
"Tasmania's Forest Practices Authority has an appalling track record of rubber-stamping forest destruction, and simply can't be trusted to assess impacts from logging."
