Log protected forests to keep timber mill open, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says

By Tom McIlroy
Updated March 27 2017 - 4:13pm, first published 4:01pm
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce poses for a portrait in his office at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 16 February 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce poses for a portrait in his office at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 16 February 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The Victorian government has rejected a proposal by Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce that would see the federal government open up protected forests for logging, to save the Gippsland-based Heyfield timber mill.

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