Postage stamp politics

“There are bigger and more important things in this election campaign than where the people of Traralgon buy their postage stamps”, said Dr Malcolm McKelvie, Greens candidate in the Gippsland by-election.

“For example, are our forests worth more to the community standing or as woodchips?” he asked.

On Friday Senator Bob Brown, Australian Greens leader told a gathering outside the Traralgon Post Office on Friday that Gippslanders earned less than the price of a postage stamp from every tonne of their forests exported as woodchips”, Dr McKelvie said.

“We earn 11c royalties as a community for every tonne of woodchips our forests are turned into.  But our forests clean water and provide a valuable sink for the carbon produced by our energy industry, cars and homes”, Dr McKelvie said.

For more information:Malcolm McKelvie 0417 364 615