Tasmania increases native logging harvest area as other states wind it back | 7.30

Sawmilling businesses in Victoria are adapting after the shock announcement two months ago that the state government is bringing native timber logging to an early close.

The decision to ban logging in state forests has sent mill owners searching further afield for logs. This story from reporter Ellen Coulter and producer Nicole Asher.

Editor's note: This story included a claim that 4,500 direct jobs would be lost when the Victorian Government ends native timber harvesting on public land. That figure is incorrect and instead reflects estimates of the total number of direct jobs supported by the Victorian timber industry.

Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5

ABC News In-depth takes you deeper on the big stories, with long-form journalism from Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent, Australian Story, Planet America and more, and explainers from ABC News Video Lab.

Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1

For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY

Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel:    / newsonabc  
Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au  
Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au  
Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews  

Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.

#ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia