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24 June 2025
Future of wood chopping sport in jeopardy due to logging ban

THE building industry is not the only one suffering from a timber shortage across Victoria caused by a statewide ban on logging, with Australia's oldest sport of wood chopping staring down the barrel of extinction.

VicForests is currently not conducting any timber harvesting operations in any Forest Management Areas across Victoria due to a court order.

This means organsitions like the North Eas...

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