Media Release
27 January 2006
CHIPMILL SHUT DOWN
Twenty five conservationists have shut down the Eden woodchip mill this morning, with four people locked on to machinery inside. The Japanese-owned chipmill exports woodchips to Japan from East Gippsland and South-East New South Wales forests. The protest follows a week of blockades in East Gippsland’s old growth forest, which resulted in 13 arrests.
Protesters inside the chipmill are being sprayed with high-pressure hoses by mill workers and police are not yet in attendance.
“Eighty percent of timber from East Gippsland and the South-East ends up as woodchips which are exported to Japan. On Australia Day, many Australians see this as madness,” said Billy Dain, spokesperson for the protesters.
“The Victorian and NSW premiers, who pride themselves on their green credentials, must act to stop this ongoing forest destruction,” he concluded.
For further comment:
Billy Dain (on site) 0402564862 or 0427221691
Harriet Swift (on site) 0414908997
Fiona York (East Gippsland) 0351540174
GECO (Goongerah Environment Centre Office)
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