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Tracey Ferrier

DARK SECRETS: Conservationists round on premier over logging bid | Rare Historical Photos

The Tasmanian Liberals want to open 40,000 hectares of previously protected forests. (HANDOUT/Rob Blakers)

Conservationists have savaged Tasmania's Liberal government for promising to expand native forest logging without saying where the trees will fall.

Groups have expressed fury and dismay after Premier Jeremy Rockliff said he would open 40,000 hectares of previously protected forest if he wins the election on March 23.

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