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  2008  

March  

Rainforest protection fails again on the Errinundra Plateau, Jill Redwood, Environment East Gippsland East Gippsland and Goolengook, March 08

Treetop Conservationists Defend Old Growth - Emily Black or Lauren Caulfield East Gippsland and Goolengook, March 08

26/02/08 The Snowy – some light at the end of the tunnel? Juliet Le Feuvre, Environment Victoria East Gippsland and Goolengook

 10/02/08 Call for massacre memorial Jason Dowling, The Age East Gippsland and Goolengook; Gippsland; Feb 08

Vic Old Growth Protests Continue - Media Release: Emily Black.; East Gippsland and Goolengook, Feb 08

Conservationists Return to Defend Carbon Sinks Media Release East Gippsland and Goolengook, Jan 08

Blockaders save Sooty Owl Letter to Editor: From Tony Hastings East Gippsland and Goolengook, Jan 08

Conservationists Defend Carbon Sinks, Media Release East Gippsland and Goolengook, Jan 08

03/01/08 Maiden voyage breaks record Eden Magnet East Gippsland and Goolengook Tasmania; Victoria; New South Wales Comment

 2007

 Christmas News J

 Magistrate so impressed by woman in the tree that Holly gets off lightly Steve Butcher The Age East Gippsland and Goolengook, December 07

Christmas News J

774 radio Talk back - Tim Holding Minister for Environment East Gippsland and Goolengook, December 07

70 people stop logging, James Ludd; Media Release ASEN and GECO East Gippsland and Goolengook, December 07

04/11/07 Flood alert after deadly storm Staff reporter, The Age with AAP Gippsland; East Gippsland and Goolengook; South West; Otways

29/03/07 Victoria falls behind on burn-offs, Orietta Guerrera, The Age; Otways ; | Gippsland; | East Gippsland and Goolengook ; | Central Highlands; | Mallee; | Melbourne; | Murray Basin |Wimmera |

27/09/06 Escalation in forest protests in East Gippsland., Goongerah Environment Centre – East Gippsland, MEDIA RELEASE; East Gippsland and Goolengook; September 06

 18/09/06 Dingo Creek rainforest logging case won, Media Statement ;- From Tony Hastings our highlighting East Gippsland and Goolengook; September 06

Community takes action on Water - Media Release
15 September 2006  East Gippsland and Goolengook September 06

28/08/06  Industry seeks 40-year plan for forestry, By Philip Hopkins, The Age

26/08/06 Locals feel duped as the taps are turned off on a major tributary supplying the Snowy - Liz Minchin, The Age; New South Wales August 06

20/08/06 Clear future for the pristine Mitchell, Jason Dowling, The Age East Gippsland and Goolengook August 06

16/08/06 Forests under threat from global warming, The Age

04/08/06 MEDIA ALERT - OWL HANDS OVER FINAL GOOLENGOOK SUBMISSIONS.- Billy Dain East Gippsland and Goolengook August 06

Mill blaze remains unsolved - ABC Online - East Gippsland and Goolengook July 06

MASS RALLY AT EDEN WOODCHIP MILL A "HUGE SUCCESS". - Harriett Swift Chipstop, Eden - media release East Gippsland and Goolengook July 06 ; New South Wales - July 06

 Twenty Stop Logging, - Fiona York, East Gippsland - media release East Gippsland and Goolengook June 06

02/06/06 Greens hail Snowy backflip, - Dan Harrison, theage.com.au, with Liz Minchin; East Gippsland and Goolengook June 06

 May

25/05/2006  Farmers to test Snowy sell-off. Rick Wallace, Victorian political reporter, The Australian - Science and Nature East Gippsland and Goolengook May 06

May 6, 2006 More plants and animals join 'red list' of endangered species, By Stephen Cauchi, The Age

 Tree Sit Over Water, - Media Release- GECO, East Gippsland and Goolengook May 06

10/04/06 New Forest Blockade Stops Logging near Goolengook - Media Release- - Fiona York - East Gippsland - April 06

29/03/2006 Privatisation plan threatens Snowy River, From Green Left Weekly, Zoe Kenny; North East Highlands; East Gippsland and Goolengook; Mallee; Murray Basin

27/03/06 Big Tree Blockade Re-established - Media Release- - Fiona York - East Gippsland - March 06

17/03/06 Draft Code of Forest Practice proposes to stop logging in East Gippsland near rainforest sites - Victorian Rainforest Network - Press Release - Central Highlands; East Gippsland ; March 06

Last Wombat Sawmill Accepts Cash Payout - Media Release - Cobaw and Wombat Forest Action Group; Wombat; - Feb 2006

USING INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE TO PLAN FOR EAST GIPPSLAND’S FOREST FUTURE - Media release - Minister for Environment - East Gippsland - Feb 06

20/02/2006 - Logging protesters block forest coupe access.. ABC News Online - East Gippsland - Feb 06

10/02/06 -  Potoroos and parrots need better protection - The Age - Editorial - East Gippsland ; Feb 06

09/02/06 - Alarm at logging breaches - Adam Morton - The Age - East Gippsland ; Feb 06

27/01/06 - CHIPMILL SHUT DOWN - Media Release - East Gippsland - January 2006

Anti-logger protesters arrested - 20-01-2006 - AAP - East Gippsland - January 2006

Green issues poll point 20/01/2006 - The Financial Review - East Gippsland - January 2006

Forest protest charges - 21jan06 - Herald-Sun - East Gippsland - January 2006

Logging Halted Again -fifth blockade this week - 20 January 2006 -  Media Release - East Gippsland - January 2006

Protest Stops Logging Road - fourth blockade this week - Thursday, 19th January - Media Release -- East Gippsland - January 2006

Two Blockades Busted -17 January 2006 - Media Release - East Gippsland - January 2006

Logging stopped ! - third blockade starts - Old Growth and Water Catchment - January 16th - Media Release -East Gippsland - January 2006

Tree platforms target Vic logging operations. - January 9th. ABC News Online - East Gippsland - January 2006

21/12/05 Plans to sell the Snowy scheme: Jonathan Harley, Australian Broadcasting Corporation East Gippsland and Goolengook December 2005

Sixty people (from across Australia and the world) halt logging - Media release -East Gippsland - December 2005

13/12/05 - Victorian court recognises native title - AP -

Vicforest Error - Gippsland Times, September 29 - East Gippsland - September 2005

A gum's finish as floored perfection, The Age, - National - Features, Melissa Fyfe - April, 2004

From imposing forest elder to floorboards, - The Age, - National - Features, Melissa Fyfe - April, 2004

My life as a log, (number 138692)- The Age, - National - Features, Melissa Fyfe - April, 2004

210 years to grow, - The Age, - National - Features, Melissa Fyfe - April, 2004

Seeing the wood for the trees, The Age - National - Features, - Annie Lawson. - April, 2004