Forestry is an important import- replacing industry, with our trade deﬁcit in forest products running at about $2 billion a year Generally our primary industries co-exist peacefully and, in the main, the infrastructure developed for one has provided beneﬁts for the others. In recent years, however, conﬂict has arisen about mining access to agricultural land and, in particular, prime agricultural land, as well as conﬂict between forestry and agriculture in high rainfall areas.
in favour of anti-growth politics