🌿 Environment & animals
Restart native forest logging: where the parties stand
Bring back commercial native timber harvesting? Here's what every decoded party in the 2026 Victorian election has said, with sources.
For: Lib/Nat and One Nation. Against: Labor, Greens, Animal Justice and Vic Socialists. Not mentioned by: Legalise Cannabis, Libertarian, Shooters, Fishers & Farmers, Family First and Sustainable Australia.
👍 For
Lib/Nat supports this
Nationals: reverse the closure of the native timber industry.
Source: The Nationals (Vic)
One Nation supports this
Rebuild native forestry on a selective-harvest model, and oppose the Great Forest National Park.
Source: Australian Election Tracker
👎 Against
Labor opposes this
Keep the end of commercial native timber harvesting, in effect since 1 January 2024.
Source: DEECA
Greens opposes this
Close anti-logging loopholes and create new national parks.
Source: Victorian Greens
Animal Justice opposes this
Close Victoria's logging loopholes and protect forests and wildlife.
Source: Animal Justice Party Victoria
Vic Socialists opposes this
Opposes old-growth logging.
Source: Victorian Socialists
👻 Ghosting
Not mentioned in anything we reviewed for 2026: