Fenning Timbers is the first of what could be a string of timber mills to run out of logs. “Logging contractors have nearly got nowhere to operate,” Fenning resources manager, Brian Donchi, said. “It’s an absolute mess and makes you wonder what the agenda is.” Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Peter Walsh, said there was enough timber available to ensure the mill would survive, but jobs were...
A highly uncomplimentary report by the Victorian Auditor General’s Office, tabled last Thursday regarding regional road safety barriers, has shown VicRoads approved offsets between one and three metres wide – the “absolute minimum offset” allowed. It’s not anything Billabong Road-house proprietor, Greg Ross, doesn’t know. Out the front of the iconic road-house there have been four accidents and...