Until they are stopped, the Greens will use regulatory stealth to stymie growth and throttle industries they want to see brought down. The Illegal Logging Prohibition Act is one of their nastiest and handiest tools, so why hasn't the Coalition done away with it?

The objective was to foil illegal Third World logging. The result is higher costs for businesses and consumers, increased building costs and less-competitive domestic timber producers

The Free Trade Agreement with the USA was the key […]