​​​​The Tasmanian Government implemented the Past Native Forest Contractor Hardship Relief Program in late 2015/early 2016 to provide assistance to former native forest contractors and sub-contractors who continued to suffer hardship as a result of the significant structural change over the preceding five years in the native forest industry.

This program targeted assistance to those former Gunns and Forestry Tasmania (now known as Sustainable Timbers Tasmania) contractors and sub-contractors who had been ineligible for previous industry exit programs and employee assistance programs.

 Past Native Forest Contractor Hardship Relief Program Guidelines (PDF 726Kb)

The outcome of the assessment process was as follows:

• ​Applications assessed = 21

• Eligible = 5
  

• Ineligible = 16​