Nationwide marches are taking place this Sunday, including at Byron Bay, as the call to stand up and protect native forests and stop logging them goes out.
‘Sit-down meetings with politicians on ending logging have been minimally successful, but politicians pay attention to numbers at events like these, so the more who show up, the better,’ said the group called Northern Rivers Guardians.
Organisers are calling for a nationwide ban to native forest logging as a commitment from the Labor Party if it is returned to government.
‘We want you to address this issue before we go to the ballot box,’ said former Senator and doctor Bob Brown.
Bob asks for a commitment from government that they will stop native forest logging by the end of 2025.
‘As New Zealand did in 2002. As Thailand did in 1989. Come on Australia lets get people, who are with this spirit of saving Australia’s native forests.’
Yesterday saw banners unfurled at a range of locations around Australia including at Protesters Falls near Nimbin.
‘Our action at Protesters Falls is particularly significant as it was the location of the groundbreaking 1979 logging protests at Terania Creek which paved the way for rainforest protection. The park is now internationally recognised as a Gondwana Rainforest World Heritage site,’ said Valerie Thompson, March for Forests Organiser for Byron Bay.
Join the protest
You join the Northern Rivers march this Sunday, March 23 at 10am at Railway Park in Byron Bay where those opposed to native forest logging will gather March and raise their voices to demonstrate against native first logging.
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