Old forests are being logged. Victorian parks, including national parks and heritage areas, are being turned over to commercial projects or "big event sport" in the expectations that this will bring increased prosperity to business.
However, to enable these projects to be carried out, inevitably trees have been sacrificed. In Albert Park, more than a thousand trees were sacrificed for a car race. Royal Park is to lose open space in the bid for the Commonwealth Games. This is in spite of the warning that Victorian taxpayers can expect to lose millions of dollars to stage this event.
It seems ironical that the Premier should have a forest, of all things,
named after him in the light of his unconcern for forests in Victoria.