| Title | Date | Author | Published | Comments | |
| 169 | TROUBLE IN PARADISE | 6/2/99 | Geoff Strong | The Age (article) | Tempers rise as the trees fall. Down in the Otway Ranges and along the nearby coast a battle is underway. |
| 168 | FOR THIS BAND OF GREENIES, VICTORY TASTES SO SWEET | 31/1/99 | Andrea Carson | The Age (article) | Protesters say they felt like captives in battle for Otways |
| 167 | DOUBT OVER STATE DEAL ON FORESTS | 3/2/99 | Claire Miller, Environment Reporter | The Age (article) | Major legal issues revealed in RFA process; over 300 submissions made to inquiry |
| 166 | 166 GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT DEFEND WOODCHIPPING ROYALTIES | 1/2/99 | Peter Campbell | Letter to the Age, not published | Government misrepresents "debris" and woodchipping subsidies |
| 165 | JOBS GO, MILLS CLOSING: UNION | 2/2/99 | Claire Miller, Environment Reporter | The Age (article) | The CFMEU appears to have finally realised that woodchipping is bad for jobs |
| 164 | THE CHIPS ARE DOWN: BUILDER | 2/2/99 | Claire Miller, Environment Reporter | The Age (article) | Builder speaks to Senate enquiry on the lunacy of woodchipping rare Tasmanian timbers |
| 163 | FORESTS PACT A BLUEPRINT FOR NORTH-EAST | 1/2/99 | Philip Hopkins | The Age (article) | Summary of RFA; the official line; some economic data included; tourism is important |
| 162 | SELLING FORESTS FOR NEXT TO NOTHING | 29/1/99 | Philip Sutherland, Benalla | The Age (letter) | Low Government royalties on native forest woodchips cripples plantations and recycling |
| 161 | GOVERNMENT DEFENDS SALE OF CHEAP TIMBER | 28/1/99 | Claire Miller, Environment Reporter | The Age (article p3) | Government defends the indefensible - too close to the companies ? |
| 160 | WOODCHIP LUNACY | 28/1/99 | Michelle van Gerrevink, Goongerah | The Age (And Another Thing) | Government charges to woodchip companies a disgrace |
| 159 | “WE ARE BEING HELD AGAINST OUR WILL. WE ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE”. | 28/1/99 | Otway Ranges Environment Network Inc | Media Release | Otways forest protestors detained and harrassed by Timber workers - also see #157 |
| 158 | NATIVE FORESTS SOLD FOR CENTS | 27/1/99 | Claire Miller, Environment Reporter | The Age (article, p1&2) | very low royalties on forests used for woodchips revealed; front page on the Age |
| 157 | ANTI-LOGGERS LOCKED IN BEHIND PICKETS | 27/1/99 | Andrea Carson, Workplace Reporter | The Age (article, p2) | CFMEU members picket to prevent forest protesters from leaving Otways forest |
| 156 | BEAM ME UP FOR TIMBER'S NEW ERA | 27/1/99 | Peter Spinks, Science Reporter | The Age (article) | Forest Products Laboratory in Melbourne cliams to turn mixed Eucalypt into veneers - more pressure on native forest logging may ensue . . . |
| 155 | REASONS FOR REJECTING RFA BILL 1998 | 14/1/99 | Environment Victoria | Update via letter | What is wrong with RFAs |
| 154 | FINDING WAYS TO PUT THE PUNCH BACK INTO GREEN ISSUES | 13/1/99 | Claire Miller, Environment Reporter | The Age (article) | How to convert public concern to political action & green policies |
| 153 | DECEPTION RULES IN SALE OF PRECIOUS FOREST | 8/1/99 | ANTHONY AMIS, Native Forest Network | The Age (letter) | Excellent critique of the selling of Victorian forests |
| 151&2 | CONSERVATION 1 & 2 | 6/1/99 | Melissa Jenkins, Niddrie &
Cameron Pearson, Cheltenham |
The Age (And Another Thing) | If we keep cutting forests we will destroy our fragile ecology AND
who was silly enough to believe the Coalition is green ? |
| 149 | SCIENTIFICALLY CREDIBLE FOREST RESERVES | 18/12/98 | Barrie Griffiths (NEFA) | Newcastle Herald, (Letter to the Editor) | Support for scientific review of the NSW reserve decision, by
independent panel of scientists - ensure the final Regional Forest Agreement is scientifically credible |
| 148 | NEW NATIONAL PARKS BEING LOGGED:
CARR ADOPTS TUCKEYS "MOBILE" NATIONAL PARK PROPOSAL |
16/12/98 | The Wilderness Society | Media Release | Tuckey trumpets "mobile National Park" model
for forest "conservation" while Carr government implements it |
| 147 | 'LES MIS' PLAYS AGAIN | 7/12/98 | Environment Victoria | Media Release | It's back to the barricades today in the Victorian forests |
| 146 | TOUGH-TALKING TUCKEY TELLS CARR: AXE YOUR NEW PARKS | 4/12/98 | James Woodford | The Sydney Morning Herald | Tuckey opposes the declaration of any further World heritage Areas and warns NSW new national parks are too big. |
| 145 | STOP THE VIOLENCE IN OUR FORESTS | 3/12/98 | Geraldine Ryan, Environment Victoria Forest Network | Letter to The Age (not published) | Protest against very ugly violence against forest activist |
| 144 | AXE ATTACK ON OTWAY'S CONSERVATIONISTS | 1/12/1998 | Otway Ranges Environment Network | Media Release | Very ugly violence against forest activist; no arrests made |
| 143 | DANGERS IN FOREST SELL-OFF | 23/11/98 | Ian G. Lyall, Geelong | The Age (Letter) | Foreign ownership of Victorian forests may compromise the environment |
| 142 | FOREST WARS; BLOCKADES ARE BACK | 16/11/98 | Georgina Wells | The Northern Star (article) | Blockades returning to the North East Forests |
| 141 | THE SHOCKING LOSS OF OUR FORESTS | 25/11/98 | T. N. Oslek, Richmond | The Age (Your Say) | Economic lunacy of selling of forests |
| 140 | STATE FORESTS SOLD TO US COMPANY FOR $550m | 19/11/98 | Sandra Mckay, State Political Reporter | The Age (article) | State Governement forest sell off |
| 139 | OUR GREENIE PREMIER | 17/11/98 | Noelleen Ward, | The Age (Your Say) | Kennett not interested in the environment |
| 138 | STATE BID TO OVERTURN LOGGING RULING FAILS | 24/10/98 | Stephen Cauchi, Court Reporter |
The Age (article) |
The farcical nature of Government "management" of forests revealed |
| 137 | ALL IS NOT QUIET ON THE FOREST FRONT | 10/10/98 | Environment Victoria | Media Release | Protests continue in the Otways; woodchipping destroys tourism potential. |
| 136 | THOSE FORGOTTEN GREEN ISSUES | 21/9/98 | CHRIS OWENS, Lysterfield | The Age (Your Say) | Environment not a political issue any more |
| 135 | STRANGE VALUES | 16/9/98 | Diana Burleigh, South Melboume | The Age (Your Say) | Parks in museums make no sense |
| 134 | SAVE FOREST: RIVALS | 16/9/98 | Tim Winkler | The Age (article) | Conservationists & some loggers unite |
| 133 | AMAZON FIRES THREATEN INTACT FOREST, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE | 14/9/98 | Diana Jean Schemo Rio De Janeiro | The Age (article) | Forest destruction in Brazil |
| 132 | ONE IN 10 TREE SPECIES FACING EXTINCTION, REPORT WARNS | 27/8/98 | Anon, Geneva | The Age (article) | Ten per cent of the world's known tree species faced extinction due to forest fires and clearing |
| 131 | A TERRIBLE IRONY | 12/9/98 | Ruth Singer, Northcote | The Age (Your Say) | Criticises the proposed forest museum |
| 130 | REMEMBER THE GREENS ? | 11/9/98 | Phillip Toyne | The Age (article) | Environment now out of the political mainstream |
| 128&9 | THE REAL THING 1 & 2 | 11/9/98 | Bek Mifsud, Bendigo & Julianne Bell, Parkville | The Age (Your Say) | We need to protect Goolengook, not put it in a museum AND hypocrisy of a museum rainforest while the real thing is detroyed |
| 127 | IT'S ALIVE! GALLERY DRAWS LIFE FROM THE
FOREST PRIMEVAL |
9/11/98 | Karen Lyon, City Reporter | The Age (article) | A Melbourne exhibition for our forests that are being destroyed . . . |
| 126 | INDOOR FOREST PLAN A WORLD FIRST | 9/9/98 | Kylie Hansens, major projects reporter | Herald Sun (Article) | A Melbourne exhibition for our forests that are being destroyed . . . |