Australian Greens Forests spokesperson Senator Nick McKim has written to the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to congratulate them on their decision to deny finance to Tasmanian logging company TP Bennett and Sons, and urge them to ignore the histrionic spin emanating from Tasmanian Forests Minister Eric Abetz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBendigo and Adelaide Bank should be congratulated on their refusal to fund the destruction of Tasmania\u2019s native forests which is contributing to climate change and biodiversity collapse,\u201d Senator McKim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe bank should file the nonsense from Mr Abetz where it belongs. In the rubbish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMr Abetz has simply regurgitated tired old forest industry spin and completely ignored the fact that native forest logging is cooking the planet and destroying ecosystems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNative forest logging is an industry whose time is up, and Mr Abetz\u2019s desperate dummy spit yesterday shows that he knows it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf more banks had the courage to refuse to fund logging native forests and burning fossil fuels the planet\u2019s climate would not be breaking down around us and ecosystems would not be collapsing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBendigo and Adelaide Bank should stick to their guns and Mr Abetz should forget about the spin and instead stop the massive public subsidies the mendicant native forest logging industry receives from his government every year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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