TimberforTumba asks for gov support to freight in timber from Victoria

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Updated December 7 2020 - 3:27pm, first published 3:20pm
Hyne Timber director James Hyne at the Tumbarumba Mill. Mr Hyne said with government support they could divert logs headed for export in order to feed the mill during their bushfire reovery.
Hyne Timber director James Hyne at the Tumbarumba Mill. Mr Hyne said with government support they could divert logs headed for export in order to feed the mill during their bushfire reovery.

The forestry industry was devastated in last summer's bushfires and now the future of towns like Tumbarumba, in NSW's Riverina, which relies heavily on the industry, hang in the balance.

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Olivia Calver

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