Opal Australian Paper's Maryvale mill, in eastern Victoria, has suspended white paper production indefinitely due to a lack of timber supply.
abc.net.au/news/opal-australian-paper-maryvale-paper-produces-last-ream/101881714White paper is no longer being made in Australia after the nation's last ream came off the line at the weekend, with the potential to send paper prices skyrocketing.
"It was very surreal — for us guys that have been there for anywhere between 10 to 20 years, it was a bit strange to see that last ream," he said. The mill previously produced up to 200,000 tonnes of white paper per year, with 300 reams of paper created a minute."I'm supposed to go back [to work] next Saturday, but at this stage it doesn't look like they're going to have anything for us to do," he said.The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union organiser at the mill, Anthony Pavey, said 50 workers had already been stood down, and he expected another 70 workers to be stood down by this weekend.
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