Logged native forests significantly more fire prone research says, as bushfire royal commission starts.

Jamieson Murphy
Updated May 25 2020 - 12:11pm, first published 11:45am
FIRE PRONE: The research shows logged areas are much more prone to large fires. Photo: Iain Gillespie
FIRE PRONE: The research shows logged areas are much more prone to large fires. Photo: Iain Gillespie

THE royal commission into bushfires begins today and evidence is growing that logging native forests drastically increases their fire risk.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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