Timber Turmoil
As parts of Australia turn away from native forest logging, Four Corners follows the logs and the money to ask whether the industry is really ending or just shifting state borders.
In Victoria and Western Australia, native logging in state forests has been shut down. But the demand for native hardwood has not disappeared. In Timber Turmoil, reporter Jessica Longbottom investigates how timber from Tasmanian native forests is now feeding mills in Victoria, including businesses that have received millions of dollars in public money following Victoria's logging shutdown.
The program also travels to New South Wales, where the next major fight over native forestry is playing out. Conservationists are using endangered Greater Glider protections to stop logging tree by tree, while the timber industry argues Australia still needs native hardwood and that shutting down local supply will only push demand overseas.
In timber towns like Heyfield, Victoria, the industry says the fight is about more than trees; it is about manufacturing, jobs and the survival of regional communities built around the mills.
Four Corners: Timber Turmoil is reported by Jessica Longbottom and produced by Jonathan Miller.
Trailer
Recently Updated Shows
Trying
All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, dramatic relatives, and chaotic lives, will the couple succeed in building the family of their dreams?
Alice and Steve
Alice is devastated when her best friend Steve starts dating her 26-year-old daughter Izzy. She's going to lose her best friend and her daughter in one fell swoop. Alice tries everything she can to end the relationship. Unfortunately for her, Steve's more than ready for the attack, and what begins as a perfect friendship, devolves into an all-out feud.
A hilarious, messy, and complicated exploration of friendship, family, and love, Alice and Steve is an anti-romantic comedy that asks the question, how far would you go for love - or revenge? Will Alice forgive Steve? Will Steve and Izzy make a relationship work? Amongst all the questions hanging in the balance, one thing is certain; their lives will never be the same again.
Survivor
Eighteen to twenty castaways will compete against each other on Survivor. All castaways will compete to outwit, outplay, outlast and ultimately be crowned Sole Survivor.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
On Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, John Oliver presents a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.