How remarkably irresponsible and incorrect can you be? This is a fantastic bunch of lies. Do your research people, even the government wrote to this slanderous organization to inform them they were incorrect and in actual fact supporting the illegal and immoral logging or Forrest's that support endangered Eco-systems around the world. You should be taken to court and sued for defamation.
all I heard was blah blah blah, some bullshit about this supposed climate change thing and hippy whinging. If these wankers worked as hard at a real job then maybe the world would be a better place. STOP DOLE BLUDGING ON MY HARD EARNED TAXES!
getup are just trying to cut down (excuse the pun) the tall poppy a great Australian company supporting Australians with jobs and manufactures who employ. There is plenty of timber in Australia to store carbon and be selectively log to produce products everyone uses. Selectively logging =balance for wild life &product to manufacture. Get out of your concrete jungle people and make an informed dicission, some of the forests in the fottage are not in Australian.
Surely i am not the only one who is bemused at the hypocracy of getups anti harvey norman campaign. For many years now the Australian Forestry, timber processing and manufacturing industry has been seeking permission to use all timber harvesting and processing residues (waste) for the production of renewable clean energy (as a large percentage of Europe already does) and radical organisations such as getup which are supposedly seeking good enviro outcomes continue to prevent this from occuring
@SuperTonywade Tony - you are super! I agree with you 100%! Australian Forestry not only produces building materials in a sustainable and renewable way, but with Government support it could and should be a significant part of our country's clean energy future.
@KateLovesSinging I think you missed the point, it is saying that they are NOT using selectively sustainable harvested wood, NOR it is saying they should use steel, aluminium and concrete, it said clearly at 0:34 that they CAN use aussie grown plantation. plantation = regeneration!!
Where I live native forests are selectively sustainably harvested over decades. This process supports biodiversity. Forestry does that really well - better than any other industry. You don't see much biodiversity in a quarry or mine! You also don't see much biodiversity in a field of bamboo or a pine plantation.
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Australian regrowth forests are regenerated after harvesting - timber from other countries is often not - yet lots of people buy yellow balau for their decking etc - which comes from countries like Indonesia - where forests may be permanently destroyed. Shame on you Getup! By discouraging the use of Australian timber your campaign will promote the use of timber from South East Asia's disappearing forests.
We need to build schools and houses - that's a fact.
Wood stores carbon for life! About half the dry weight of wood IS carbon!
Better to use timber, which stores carbon and regrows (storing more carbon), rather than use steel, aluminium and concrete, which come from mines and quarries - not renewable and have a huge carbon footprint.
500 year old trees are NOT harvested in NSW. No rainforest is harvested in NSW. Only a small fraction of hardwood forests are available for selective harvesting - no clear felling. True old growth is protected. All areas that are harvested are regrowth areas that have been regenerated. This add specifically attacks native forestry in Australia - targets retailers who use Australian timber - shame on you Getup.
@tomwaterat Thanks for that, but I have already read the DECCW report, which has been grossly misquoted in the media. The report speaks of areas that were accidentally potentially made available for harvesting - NOT that harvesting actually took place! But hey, if you want to destroy a viable, credible, environmentally friendly, sustainable industry like forestry, I guess you can emphasise what ever points you like, and the facts don't matter so much.
@Xezatt Having the furniture made in Australia here isn't really a communist idea, it's more protectionism which tries to prevent foreign countries from accessing our markets. Not saying it's a good thing, but it's not communism.
What a good idea, use locally farmed wood and make the stuff ourselves! But hang on, because of dick heads like Get Up, The communist Greens and that lying sack of shit Gillard’s Carbon TAX,… All our manufactures have closed or moved to China? Where polluting can go on un checked and we have nothing left but some overpriced windmills and a fucked economy!!!
I support Austraian native forestry! Only a fraction of our forests are available for harvesting and these are well managed and regenerated. Shame on you Get Up for running down a sustainable industry.
aussie bushes light themselves up causing bush fires and hence contributing to carbon emission. I don't see why we can't just cut down all the trees and save more human lives. get that, getup?
@Xezatt what the f*ck would you know, the only narrow minded people are the people who are a part of or support get up. These people are nothing but want to be socialists who want to control all aspects of the economy and society. They force their opinions onto others and protest or try to silence those who have a different opinion whether it's backed up by science or not, so who are the narrow minded f#ckwits now d!ckhead.
Harvey Norman are using legal timber from Australian forests that are REGENERATED - not destroyed! So many other companies are using what I call rapewood - illegally sourced from other countries where trees are clearfelled and not regrown. Ironically, your campaign may see an increase in this. On your head be it. Far better to use Australian wood, not imported rapewood. Also, timber is better than other materials that are carbon heavy.
@KateLovesSinging Actually Kate if you listen closely, the problem is that Harvey Norman are using wood taken from native forest, and thus r destroying ecosystems where many different types of flora an fauna live together. Logging these forests and then using the tactic which you describe as "regeneration", completely wipes out this diversity, and replaces it with a stale commercial mono-culture, where only loggable trees grow. This diversity, once it is destroyed by logging, cannot be regained.
Also, the whole climate change crap that they talk about in this is a load of bullshit. Aboriginals started fires to burn off the forests so that native plants can germinate!! This burning off has been cut down to basically nothing compared to what they used to do before we came here... every aussie should know that the majority of our native plants only germinate after a bush fire. And also there is no clear evidence human activity is related to climate change.. we are coming out of an iceage!
Most of that footage looked like plantation forests, how would I know? My dad works in the forestry and iv been in the bush my entire life. Want to save Aussie jobs? Keep the foresty industry in Australia, instead of importing from unregulated countries. Even when actual forests are harvested, they are harvested under strict regulations. Also, logging is never commenced without wildlife surveys being conducted (and yeah iv been on a few with my dad). Its just a joke scare campaign...
Rainforest destruction is bad, few Australians support it. A well managed forestry industry, in Australia, where more trees are planted, than harvested, is what I support. As for the Getup organisation, it appears to be aligned with offshore, and local extreme green groups, promoting 'fake science' based climate change theories, for the purpose of instituting Agenda21, which will be horrific for planet earth, and its people, the 20% that are left alive, after the rest are starved to death.
The vast majority of our Australian forests are already in reserves and only a tiny fraction are available for timber harvesting. These areas are managed by experienced foresters with degrees in Environmental Science. They manage the forests for multiple values, including biodiversity, conservation and sustainable timber production. The forests regenerate after harvesting. How can you compare this with other countries, where timber is clearfelled and palm oil plantations established?
Oh, I just saw your comment 'sovietkomrades' and I just wanted to tell you I believe you are very wrong about GetUp! I'm a 68 year old grandmother and have experienced a lot of hardship, but I'm a pretty good judge of people and their motives. I've been a member of GetUp! since it's inception and I believe they are a genuine group of people who care very much about our country and our planet and they have the guts to stand up for what they believe despite the knockers.
LOL Getup! Australia, a group of inner city hipsters or idealistic Uni students who have never had to run a business or experience harship and hence try to change the world by complaining about it......in a completely unbiased way of course. Looking forward to the next election, Gillard and the greens are going out Kennealy style hahahahahahahahaha hate all you want, YOU'RE OUT SOCIALISTS!!!!
@Nevawake ok so yeah i was sorta spamming a little bit :P really sorry but i really do care about this cause. sorry if i upset you, i think aussie forests are very important and if i didn't care i wouldn't have replied at all, i just wanted to help out my friends channel but in the process i found out about this so win win situation if you ask me :) sorry bro
"A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed. That is how trust will be built." - Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General
“2009 is also the first year of global governance, with the establishment of the G20 in the middle of the financial crisis. The climate conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet.” - Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council.
PS - The vast majority of our Australian forests are already in reserves and only a tiny fraction are available for timber harvesting. These areas are managed by experienced foresters with degrees in Environmental Science. They manage the forests for multiple values, including biodiversity, conservation and sustainable timber production. The forests regenerate after harvesting. How can you compare this with other countries, where timber is clearfelled and palm oil plantations established?
I never knew how many uneducated, anti-environmentalist, flat earther's existed until the carbon tax came about. I sure hope they are just a vocal minority which Im pretty sure they are.
@scottclements78 Environmentalism is all scare tactics and fear campaigns. You should do research before calling every anti-environmentalist uneducated - in many instances they are right. An easy diagnostic to see which side is likely to be right is to see which one uses evidence and which tries to use scare tactics.
@cincofone Which deluded parallel universe are you living in? Anti environmentalist are the scare tactic fear campaigners. You dont need an education to understand the logic of climate change. Every credible scientist backs the theory. Its more or less common sense. Its only the right wing nut heads and hypocrites like Abbott spreading out the seeds of doubt. Its just sad there are so many idiots out there waiting for a bandwagon to jump on. Its even sadder they can vote.
@scottclements78 People talking about impacts of the carbon tax actually have empirical evidence to back themselves up - same cannot be said for climate scientists. Most of the data is based on theorised computer models (and these models have failed to predict the temperature trends since they were created). And it's spread by "the polar caps will melt!" "there will be 50 million climate refugees in 10 years!" "Ocean acidification will wipe out the oceans" - all over-hyped bullshit.
You stupid idiots. Not one timber furniture manufacturer is named here - just the retailer. You deserve to be taken to court for slander. The manufacturers and suppliers of these goods can be contacted and their timber sources can be accessed - pretty disgusting you have lobbed Aussie manufacturers who have an 80-90 year plan with some types of timber! You demanded them to use sustainable plantation timber - and now you bark and bleat because they now do it? Get Up is a confused embarrassment.
We should all ONLY buy Australian timber! I went to a market stall last week where a guy was selling carved timber buddha statues. I asked him where the wood came from & he said he buys cheap timber in Indonesia, & pays workers there to carve the buddhas, then he imports them into Australia. He said it's getting hard for him to buy wood in Indonesia, as the Indonesian forests have almost all been cleared! I now only buy timber from Australian forests as I know our forests are well managed.
Not true stonem001. I personally know independent academics in environmental science who believe that sound public forest management is the best way forward in terms of addressing climate change, maintaining biodiversity and meeting our needs for building materials. Again, you are entitled to your views but that doesn't mean there is the consensus you imply.
The view that there is enough plantation to satisfy our wood needs has been resoundingly defeated. The vast majority of plantation timber in Australia is suitable only for woodchip - not quality sawlogs. Also, when plantations are havested they have to be replanted (as you say, they are a crop). Since the demise of the MIS scheme there is virtually no new plantations being established. Sustainable long rotation public and private native forest management is the go.
When did Australia become so rightwing? We have had over half a century to test out this nonsense and it has been an utter failure. Reaganomics/Trickle down economy sure has made the middle class wealth (NOT). The nazi/fascists thought industry should run the world and we see how well that worked out.
@KateLovesSinging - do you work for Harvey Norman? It is sad that many of the responses here seem to be said by individuals who have not researched their opinions. @ LibertarianChristian & Reevsey369 I would suggest that you at least complete a political minor at university before making comments regarding the constitional monarchy in Australia, how the upper and lower house work, and the idealogies of all political parties. Past behaviour across the last 30 yrs predicts the future.
The Green party are a bunch of Left Wing extremists. It's okay if Get Up and the Green party rubbish other's free speech like Lord Monkton, but once they are given the bitch over putting some pro labor/green advertisement in the Harvey Norman magazine they don't like it.
This is a joke do the government think we're stupid?
@propositionjohnston haha nice buddy that was good, almost like a joke although it wasn't funny. YOu have to resort to name calling to try to silence someone?
@MrA8888888888888888 No, they said use plantations and recycled tiber. The problem is the destrustion of ecosystems that take 20 to 50 years to recover. Plantations are purposely planted to be cut down.
Harvey Norman aka Hardly Normal have the worst prices around fuck em. I get fuckin awesome furniture from gumtree secondhand for peanuts! Over indulging douche bags from Toorak, South Yarra etc. sell everything cheap
If people knew anything about Australian standards they would realise that its actually the Australian government who has decided what wood gets harvested for what purpose.
What a steaming load of slanderous turd. Getup should be renamed to getaclue. Random images of forest destruction doesn't equal Harvey Norman. Shit that could have been the land that was cleared for the mansion that getup built with the donation money.
Whats all the commercials of him saying that most of his products are australian made... like i dont even see it alot, but i can still remember his lame slogan "If your not buying Australian made why? WHY NOT? "
I like how factually inaccurate this campaign is. Sickens me more than the so called "forest destruction" they referred to; that someone would go to this much effort to be so incorrect haha.
Harvey Norman are using legal timber from Australian forests that are REGENERATED - not destroyed! So many other companies are using what I call rapewood - illegally sourced from other countries where trees are clearfelled and not regrown. Ironically, your campaign may see an increase in this. On your head be it. Far better to use Australian wood, not imported rapewood. Also, timber is better than other materials that are carbon heavy.
No replacing old growth forest with monocultures is not 'regeneration'. Obviously you have little understanding of environmental or climate science. Old growth sequesters carbon, supports wildlife and biodiversity unlike monoculture plantations whose main function is to act as a cash crop. They actually cause a net loss in carbon sequestration (they do more harm than good) over their lifespan. Please do some research before speaking like an authority!
@stonem001 Guess I've done different research to you... In NSW Australia the public native forests managed by Forests NSW are NOT turned into plantation, but are selectively harvested and regenerated as biodiverse forests! Habitat trees are maintained, along with a myriad of other environmental provisions. Native Forests in NSW, public or private are NOT clearfelled - it is illegal to clear a native forest and plant a plantation! Perhaps you should go back to uni mate!
PS, regarding carbon, yes trees absorb carbon AND guess what? The carbon stays in the timber for the life of the product! Approximately half the dry weight of wood is carbon! I live in a 100 year old timber cottage - this house is a carbon store. When timber is harvested from forests the carbon in the tree is sequestered in the timber, then a new tree can grow and store more carbon. The only time the carbon is released is if the tree is burnt or left to biodegrade! Scientific fact.
OK, try and understand this please. Forests need to stand for many years before they lock-in carbon because most of the carbon is found in the soils. Plants breathe through their leaves and when the leaves fall to the ground they return carbon to the soil. The natural carbon cycle between plants, animals, the air, the oceans and the earth maintains a delicate balance. Monocultures are not forests/ecosystems and do not stand long enough to lock-in carbon in the soil.
@stonem001 Your criticisms against plantations have nothing to do with this campaign. Harvey Norman are being (wrongly) criticised for using timber from legally & sustainably managed biodiverse native forests. Forests in NSW are NOT clearfelled, NOT turned into plantations, they're selectively harvested & then regenerate, managed by experienced foresters with degrees in environmental science. You are entitled to your personal/professional opinion - 1 in a sea of diverse scientific perspectives.
I imagine you are concerned about the environment my friend but your views are really nothing more than timber industry PR. There is not a 'sea of diverse scientific perspectives' on this issue in the same sense as there isn't on climate change; corporations try to confuse the issue. There are two groups: the overwhelming majority of scientific and educated opinion on one hand and a bunch of coporate hacks and stooges manufacturing propaganda and misinformation on the other
I LOVE working with & living with wood & i KNOW using timber is also GOOD for addressing climate change. Alternatives products are: steel (carbon heavy & not renewable), concrete (carbon heavy and not renewable), aluminium (the carbon heaviest of all and not renewable), or how about lino/plastic (bleh! Not even going there). I don't know ANYONE who wants to live next door to an aluminium smelter, quarry or mine, but plenty who would love to live next door to a sustainably managed state forest.
Yes, timber can be a great material. We currently have far far more than enough 'sustainable' plantations to satisfy our building and furniture needs. Most of the new old growth forests which are being felled are for woodchips, to satisfy consumer demand for stupid things like toilet paper, tissues and paper! Note that those 'sustainable' planations can and should be managed a LOT better - run so they are actually an ecosystem rather than a cash crop.
@KateLovesSinging Wake up and smell the roses. The Australian forests are massively depleted and all you worry about is another countries forests. Look up deforestation in Australia, regenerated also means consistent loss of habitat to any animal. How can an animal of any sort be allowed to freely roam between truck and chainsaw? Would you rather protect a forest or have some cheaply made Asian goods, at the cost of our native animals? Rapewood happens everywhere, we just call ours 'Woodchips'.
@SuperGravey Australian forests are sustainably harvested over a long rotation of many decades. Harvesting does disrupt areas of the forest for a time, but these areas naturally regenerate. Disruption via fire, wind and falling trees is a normal occurance in the forest, from which the forest recovers. The idea that forests need to be preserved as tree museums is a nonsense. They are dynamic places of change that can handle periods of disruption, such as selective timber harvesting.
@KateLovesSinging oooh tell me more about the magic of REGENERATION...I guess the ecosystems that rely on 500 year old trees can go back to business as normal thanks to all those wonderful new saplings. Don't worry about the species on the extinction list - they've got plenty of time to wait for rain forest trees to mature.
The point of the ad campaign was to emphasise plantation timber - if you didn't get that then the only rapewood is the stuff your head is made out of
Harvey Norman knows there are currently enough available plantation resources – both in softwood and in hardwood – to completely replace native forest sourced products - for all categories, and including imported timber and paper. Harvey Norman must lead by supporting the market adjustments and necessary investments in processing capacity required.
Leading ANU economist, Dr Judith Ajani, has recently released her assessment of the state of Australia’s native forest and plantation industries. Her research confirms the declining native forest sector is increasingly uncompetitive, re: certified Australian plantations.
The CEO of Harvey Norman says he is furious, as thousands of customers demand action. Harvey Norman argues that they are only responsible for a small percentage of native forest destruction, but Harvey Norman knows the high value (e.g. furniture and flooring) products they profit from, make it economically viable to go into remote areas and trash native Australian forests.
Pfft, well here's another dent to Abbot's "planting trees instead of carbon tax" crap. If they're blowing up the best recourse for his plan it will go completely out the window... or cost double.
Let's just enjoy the increased cost to an already huge cost of living when the carbon tax comes in. Obviously, making a tax in one country for carbon emissions from all over the globe will reduce, if not solve the global warming issue! Hurrah!
He wants everyone to buy from him,yet he wont spend his own money in Australia.He is a big windger,ere are some tissues cry baby.Wawa waaaaa.Also he has monoploy in Australia accdording to ACCC u cant have more then 80 percent market share!
yeah, much better to use carbon-friendly products like steel and aluminium for your furniture, or import 100% Asia & Oceania rainforest furniture like all the other places...
The only time I've bought furniture from Harvey Norman it was made in Australia from a NSW timber species so I don't quite know what it had to do with the Styx or with overseas manufacturing.
Disappointed that Rod Quantock is associated with such an unscientific organisation, facts & stats anywhere?
ok to the people who made this video you clearly havnt thought this through!! number 1 this is copy righted and number 2 jerry harvey can sue you for millions!! for the people who are gonna stop shopping at harvey norman go ahead listen to things that are not true. this clip is copy righted and fake i am probably the worlds biggest animal lover and harvey norman does not kill off the wild life!! believe me if they did wouldnt end up doing it so go harvey go go harvey norman GO!! lol
We should be using the Hemp plant instead of cutting down forests! It is eco-friendly, grows very quickly, requires virtually no pesticides and is stronger than regular wood.
Harvey Norman is scum manipulator that binds up products with extra packaging and uses as excuse to not exchange if opened even when it is the fault of their brain dead sales fuckwits. Go elswhere for purchase.
mdlittle5466 Um what you are describing is plantation timber, which is what is being suggested as an alternative to native forest logging. But hey, let's not destroy what little is left of our native forests to make a place for plantation timber. A forest ecosystem is much more complex that a trees and not that easy to replace. There are plenty of deforested places in Australia where trees could be planted.
How remarkably irresponsible and incorrect can you be? This is a fantastic bunch of lies. Do your research people, even the government wrote to this slanderous organization to inform them they were incorrect and in actual fact supporting the illegal and immoral logging or Forrest's that support endangered Eco-systems around the world. You should be taken to court and sued for defamation.
76hac 1 week ago
I never shop at Harvey Norman. But after watching this I will now!
chrisabood 1 week ago
I cant seem to be able to sign the petition on getup.org.au, it says please wait and gets stuck there.
smokeycastle 1 month ago
all I heard was blah blah blah, some bullshit about this supposed climate change thing and hippy whinging. If these wankers worked as hard at a real job then maybe the world would be a better place. STOP DOLE BLUDGING ON MY HARD EARNED TAXES!
ashlles86 2 months ago
They are cutting down old growth forests and shipping the wood to china. Old growth is NOT plantation. Boycott HN.
wolfweb 4 months ago
getup are just trying to cut down (excuse the pun) the tall poppy a great Australian company supporting Australians with jobs and manufactures who employ. There is plenty of timber in Australia to store carbon and be selectively log to produce products everyone uses. Selectively logging =balance for wild life &product to manufacture. Get out of your concrete jungle people and make an informed dicission, some of the forests in the fottage are not in Australian.
TheSawmillers 5 months ago 2
Surely i am not the only one who is bemused at the hypocracy of getups anti harvey norman campaign. For many years now the Australian Forestry, timber processing and manufacturing industry has been seeking permission to use all timber harvesting and processing residues (waste) for the production of renewable clean energy (as a large percentage of Europe already does) and radical organisations such as getup which are supposedly seeking good enviro outcomes continue to prevent this from occuring
SuperTonywade 6 months ago 6
@SuperTonywade Tony - you are super! I agree with you 100%! Australian Forestry not only produces building materials in a sustainable and renewable way, but with Government support it could and should be a significant part of our country's clean energy future.
KateLovesSinging 5 months ago 4
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thelaststandtv 6 months ago
Does anyone know how much that buffet in the ad is? And is the dining table an extender?
frgn8r 6 months ago 3
Hemp for Paper..Plantation for timber....Get it together peoples...The solution is simple...
BelindaCurtis 6 months ago
@KateLovesSinging I think you missed the point, it is saying that they are NOT using selectively sustainable harvested wood, NOR it is saying they should use steel, aluminium and concrete, it said clearly at 0:34 that they CAN use aussie grown plantation. plantation = regeneration!!
scyleung 7 months ago
I support sustainable selective native forestry.
Where I live native forests are selectively sustainably harvested over decades. This process supports biodiversity. Forestry does that really well - better than any other industry. You don't see much biodiversity in a quarry or mine! You also don't see much biodiversity in a field of bamboo or a pine plantation.
Yay for Aussie forestry!
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago 4
Getup is the biggest bullshit propaganda site
Gollywog 7 months ago 5
Getup are self serving and repulsive liars. Not just on this subject but many. Check out their history before believing the bullshit they spin.
Mumsplaymoney 7 months ago 8
Yeah, lets do the green thing!
And have aussie jobs!
I hope no one winges when the average cost of Hardly Normal increases by 20%.
:D
azafreak 7 months ago
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DhrTressie 7 months ago
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DhrTressie 7 months ago
Use Aussie wood for the global good!
Australian regrowth forests are regenerated after harvesting - timber from other countries is often not - yet lots of people buy yellow balau for their decking etc - which comes from countries like Indonesia - where forests may be permanently destroyed. Shame on you Getup! By discouraging the use of Australian timber your campaign will promote the use of timber from South East Asia's disappearing forests.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago 3
It is GOOD to use Australian wood!
We need to build schools and houses - that's a fact.
Wood stores carbon for life! About half the dry weight of wood IS carbon!
Better to use timber, which stores carbon and regrows (storing more carbon), rather than use steel, aluminium and concrete, which come from mines and quarries - not renewable and have a huge carbon footprint.
Use Aussie wood for the global good!
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago 15
What propoganda!
500 year old trees are NOT harvested in NSW. No rainforest is harvested in NSW. Only a small fraction of hardwood forests are available for selective harvesting - no clear felling. True old growth is protected. All areas that are harvested are regrowth areas that have been regenerated. This add specifically attacks native forestry in Australia - targets retailers who use Australian timber - shame on you Getup.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago 5
@KateLovesSinging I'm afraid not Kate.. Just Google: "Old growth forests approved for logging illegally NSW"
tomwaterat 7 months ago
@tomwaterat Thanks for that, but I have already read the DECCW report, which has been grossly misquoted in the media. The report speaks of areas that were accidentally potentially made available for harvesting - NOT that harvesting actually took place! But hey, if you want to destroy a viable, credible, environmentally friendly, sustainable industry like forestry, I guess you can emphasise what ever points you like, and the facts don't matter so much.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago 2
Brilliant! Well done getup.
Bridgmanify 7 months ago
@Xezatt Having the furniture made in Australia here isn't really a communist idea, it's more protectionism which tries to prevent foreign countries from accessing our markets. Not saying it's a good thing, but it's not communism.
PostalTubeAlex 7 months ago
What a good idea, use locally farmed wood and make the stuff ourselves! But hang on, because of dick heads like Get Up, The communist Greens and that lying sack of shit Gillard’s Carbon TAX,… All our manufactures have closed or moved to China? Where polluting can go on un checked and we have nothing left but some overpriced windmills and a fucked economy!!!
gillardsucksbobbrown 7 months ago
I support Austraian native forestry! Only a fraction of our forests are available for harvesting and these are well managed and regenerated. Shame on you Get Up for running down a sustainable industry.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
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HARR0WM00NSHAD0W 7 months ago
how awesome is my youtube name!!
O00000001 7 months ago
but its cheaper
Computd 7 months ago
This video makes me want to shop at Harvey Norman.
AzurePrower 7 months ago
aussie bushes light themselves up causing bush fires and hence contributing to carbon emission. I don't see why we can't just cut down all the trees and save more human lives. get that, getup?
Xezatt 7 months ago
@Xezatt Get up = communism p!ssoff you socialist ratbags
scottief34 7 months ago
@scottief34 stupid narrow minded aussie
Xezatt 7 months ago
@Xezatt what the f*ck would you know, the only narrow minded people are the people who are a part of or support get up. These people are nothing but want to be socialists who want to control all aspects of the economy and society. They force their opinions onto others and protest or try to silence those who have a different opinion whether it's backed up by science or not, so who are the narrow minded f#ckwits now d!ckhead.
scottief34 7 months ago
@scottief34 so we're on the same boat. apology for the misunderstanding. my comment wasn't pro-getupaustralia
Xezatt 7 months ago
@Xezatt no problem mate
scottief34 7 months ago
This is such a bogus campaign.
Harvey Norman are using legal timber from Australian forests that are REGENERATED - not destroyed! So many other companies are using what I call rapewood - illegally sourced from other countries where trees are clearfelled and not regrown. Ironically, your campaign may see an increase in this. On your head be it. Far better to use Australian wood, not imported rapewood. Also, timber is better than other materials that are carbon heavy.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago 17
@KateLovesSinging Yep this is a typical fail get-up video.
somethingsomething59 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging, well said.
Glad someone else is spreading common sense on this stupid channel.
LibertyDownUnder 7 months ago 5
@KateLovesSinging Actually Kate if you listen closely, the problem is that Harvey Norman are using wood taken from native forest, and thus r destroying ecosystems where many different types of flora an fauna live together. Logging these forests and then using the tactic which you describe as "regeneration", completely wipes out this diversity, and replaces it with a stale commercial mono-culture, where only loggable trees grow. This diversity, once it is destroyed by logging, cannot be regained.
DooomVision 7 months ago
@Xezatt what the fuck are you talking about?
sumcrackhead 7 months ago
has anyone actually seen the forestry management in australia, before they comment as they have been brainwashed soo easily by this video...
Kevin2134 7 months ago
Suprise Suprise.
Gumminoob 7 months ago
Natural forests need to be left alone. Fuck your furniture, fuck harvey norman even harder, stop wasting shit trolls.
Soundgarden8497 7 months ago
Also, the whole climate change crap that they talk about in this is a load of bullshit. Aboriginals started fires to burn off the forests so that native plants can germinate!! This burning off has been cut down to basically nothing compared to what they used to do before we came here... every aussie should know that the majority of our native plants only germinate after a bush fire. And also there is no clear evidence human activity is related to climate change.. we are coming out of an iceage!
bushpigification 7 months ago
Most of that footage looked like plantation forests, how would I know? My dad works in the forestry and iv been in the bush my entire life. Want to save Aussie jobs? Keep the foresty industry in Australia, instead of importing from unregulated countries. Even when actual forests are harvested, they are harvested under strict regulations. Also, logging is never commenced without wildlife surveys being conducted (and yeah iv been on a few with my dad). Its just a joke scare campaign...
bushpigification 7 months ago 3
Rainforest destruction is bad, few Australians support it. A well managed forestry industry, in Australia, where more trees are planted, than harvested, is what I support. As for the Getup organisation, it appears to be aligned with offshore, and local extreme green groups, promoting 'fake science' based climate change theories, for the purpose of instituting Agenda21, which will be horrific for planet earth, and its people, the 20% that are left alive, after the rest are starved to death.
GentleDave2011 7 months ago
The vast majority of our Australian forests are already in reserves and only a tiny fraction are available for timber harvesting. These areas are managed by experienced foresters with degrees in Environmental Science. They manage the forests for multiple values, including biodiversity, conservation and sustainable timber production. The forests regenerate after harvesting. How can you compare this with other countries, where timber is clearfelled and palm oil plantations established?
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
Oh, I just saw your comment 'sovietkomrades' and I just wanted to tell you I believe you are very wrong about GetUp! I'm a 68 year old grandmother and have experienced a lot of hardship, but I'm a pretty good judge of people and their motives. I've been a member of GetUp! since it's inception and I believe they are a genuine group of people who care very much about our country and our planet and they have the guts to stand up for what they believe despite the knockers.
marjiesgirl 7 months ago
Gerry Harvey, you should hang your head in shame!
marjiesgirl 7 months ago
LOL Getup! Australia, a group of inner city hipsters or idealistic Uni students who have never had to run a business or experience harship and hence try to change the world by complaining about it......in a completely unbiased way of course. Looking forward to the next election, Gillard and the greens are going out Kennealy style hahahahahahahahaha hate all you want, YOU'RE OUT SOCIALISTS!!!!
sovietkomrades 7 months ago
@Xezatt Look under the bed. THE REDS ARE COMING.
millertas 7 months ago
nice try mate but gerry has mates in high places its a wonder this ad even made it to youtube
endracismguy 7 months ago 2
GetUp=bullshit
bannol1 7 months ago
You sir,
Are a fuckwitt. worst video I have seen on Youtube.
123123joey 7 months ago
great shop but terrible what they are doing, check out this vid /watch?v=aJ3twl-rZi4&feature=feedu its definitely worth watching
jacobisfriendly 7 months ago
@jacobisfriendly so your idea of caring is spamming? terrible wat they r doing oh i really believe your sincerity.
Wow man... fuck the trees. lets watch your funny video NOT!!!!
Nevawake 7 months ago
@Nevawake ok so yeah i was sorta spamming a little bit :P really sorry but i really do care about this cause. sorry if i upset you, i think aussie forests are very important and if i didn't care i wouldn't have replied at all, i just wanted to help out my friends channel but in the process i found out about this so win win situation if you ask me :) sorry bro
jacobisfriendly 7 months ago
@jacobisfriendly yes i get a bit too way passionette :-) with Species and Enviroment. its all cool mate.
Nevawake 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging Dud you join youtube just for this? Clearly spent years defending your cause.
roguesentinel 7 months ago
"A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed. That is how trust will be built." - Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General
Wakeup82 7 months ago
“2009 is also the first year of global governance, with the establishment of the G20 in the middle of the financial crisis. The climate conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet.” - Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council.
Wakeup82 7 months ago
The guy sounds like Dick Smith................
MrAzzaGeezy 7 months ago
PS - The vast majority of our Australian forests are already in reserves and only a tiny fraction are available for timber harvesting. These areas are managed by experienced foresters with degrees in Environmental Science. They manage the forests for multiple values, including biodiversity, conservation and sustainable timber production. The forests regenerate after harvesting. How can you compare this with other countries, where timber is clearfelled and palm oil plantations established?
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
I never knew how many uneducated, anti-environmentalist, flat earther's existed until the carbon tax came about. I sure hope they are just a vocal minority which Im pretty sure they are.
scottclements78 7 months ago 2
@scottclements78 Environmentalism is all scare tactics and fear campaigns. You should do research before calling every anti-environmentalist uneducated - in many instances they are right. An easy diagnostic to see which side is likely to be right is to see which one uses evidence and which tries to use scare tactics.
cincofone 7 months ago
@cincofone Which deluded parallel universe are you living in? Anti environmentalist are the scare tactic fear campaigners. You dont need an education to understand the logic of climate change. Every credible scientist backs the theory. Its more or less common sense. Its only the right wing nut heads and hypocrites like Abbott spreading out the seeds of doubt. Its just sad there are so many idiots out there waiting for a bandwagon to jump on. Its even sadder they can vote.
scottclements78 7 months ago 2
@scottclements78 People talking about impacts of the carbon tax actually have empirical evidence to back themselves up - same cannot be said for climate scientists. Most of the data is based on theorised computer models (and these models have failed to predict the temperature trends since they were created). And it's spread by "the polar caps will melt!" "there will be 50 million climate refugees in 10 years!" "Ocean acidification will wipe out the oceans" - all over-hyped bullshit.
cincofone 7 months ago
Fucking hippies
jawsx188 7 months ago
Lol climate change. Fuck off getup, get a grip.
ballsy506 7 months ago
Why do they keep showing forests burning throughout the clip? Complete propaganda . Get up is a disgrace of an organisation.
madmikeof74 7 months ago
CCC = Cheap Chinese Crap, buy from your local furniture manufacture! It helps the local community aswell!!!!
UncleSnub 7 months ago
You stupid idiots. Not one timber furniture manufacturer is named here - just the retailer. You deserve to be taken to court for slander. The manufacturers and suppliers of these goods can be contacted and their timber sources can be accessed - pretty disgusting you have lobbed Aussie manufacturers who have an 80-90 year plan with some types of timber! You demanded them to use sustainable plantation timber - and now you bark and bleat because they now do it? Get Up is a confused embarrassment.
OzNormandy 7 months ago
Just some nice info I found out, only 5% of timber is used for furniture compared to 80% used to build houses (by the government). that is all.
diegofrigerio 7 months ago
We should all ONLY buy Australian timber! I went to a market stall last week where a guy was selling carved timber buddha statues. I asked him where the wood came from & he said he buys cheap timber in Indonesia, & pays workers there to carve the buddhas, then he imports them into Australia. He said it's getting hard for him to buy wood in Indonesia, as the Indonesian forests have almost all been cleared! I now only buy timber from Australian forests as I know our forests are well managed.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
Not true stonem001. I personally know independent academics in environmental science who believe that sound public forest management is the best way forward in terms of addressing climate change, maintaining biodiversity and meeting our needs for building materials. Again, you are entitled to your views but that doesn't mean there is the consensus you imply.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
The view that there is enough plantation to satisfy our wood needs has been resoundingly defeated. The vast majority of plantation timber in Australia is suitable only for woodchip - not quality sawlogs. Also, when plantations are havested they have to be replanted (as you say, they are a crop). Since the demise of the MIS scheme there is virtually no new plantations being established. Sustainable long rotation public and private native forest management is the go.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago 2
this video still dosent answer my question- so i do or dont get McDonalds for tea??
QuickThunder123 7 months ago
When did Australia become so rightwing? We have had over half a century to test out this nonsense and it has been an utter failure. Reaganomics/Trickle down economy sure has made the middle class wealth (NOT). The nazi/fascists thought industry should run the world and we see how well that worked out.
disisdkat 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging - do you work for Harvey Norman? It is sad that many of the responses here seem to be said by individuals who have not researched their opinions. @ LibertarianChristian & Reevsey369 I would suggest that you at least complete a political minor at university before making comments regarding the constitional monarchy in Australia, how the upper and lower house work, and the idealogies of all political parties. Past behaviour across the last 30 yrs predicts the future.
MsSpuddles 7 months ago 2
Think I'm gonna burn a tire.
Hobby331 7 months ago
Don't trees grow back?
elfornse 7 months ago
This is racist
brandeis1000 7 months ago
The Green party are a bunch of Left Wing extremists. It's okay if Get Up and the Green party rubbish other's free speech like Lord Monkton, but once they are given the bitch over putting some pro labor/green advertisement in the Harvey Norman magazine they don't like it.
This is a joke do the government think we're stupid?
Reevsey369 7 months ago
@Reevsey369 I don't know if the government thinks we are stupid, but I think you are a fucking retard!
propositionjohnston 7 months ago
@propositionjohnston haha nice buddy that was good, almost like a joke although it wasn't funny. YOu have to resort to name calling to try to silence someone?
Very low mate.
Reevsey369 7 months ago
@propositionjohnston And I saw your second comment as well, that was very harsh. pfft
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propositionjohnston 7 months ago
Now if only we can get the maker of this video to be the dictator of Australia to run our economy for us... :)
Who wants to bet that anyone did their own research on Harvey Norman after watching this video?
LibertarianChristian 7 months ago
Who the fuck buys furniture from Harvey Norman anyway? I for one only thought they sold electronics.
FRr3AkOnALEaSh 7 months ago
And I thought Harvey Norman cared about the environment. How wrong I was.
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HARR0WM00NSHAD0W 7 months ago
Harvey norman vs get up should be dumb and dumber both ripping Australia off
dodgiecat 7 months ago
GetUp has lost the plot - Apparently we should avoid furniture made of timber and meat that comes from animals now...?
MrA8888888888888888 7 months ago
@MrA8888888888888888 No, they said use plantations and recycled tiber. The problem is the destrustion of ecosystems that take 20 to 50 years to recover. Plantations are purposely planted to be cut down.
Deathbynature89 7 months ago
Well done. Well said.
wolfxinstein 7 months ago
Harvey Norman aka Hardly Normal have the worst prices around fuck em. I get fuckin awesome furniture from gumtree secondhand for peanuts! Over indulging douche bags from Toorak, South Yarra etc. sell everything cheap
ugslug 7 months ago 2
Fark left wing groups annoy me
bowers117 7 months ago
Who gives a shit, all you green wankers still buy their stuff.
polehammer 7 months ago
If people knew anything about Australian standards they would realise that its actually the Australian government who has decided what wood gets harvested for what purpose.
MrMslice3000 7 months ago
finnally a video on youtube worth watching
this will get people to think about shopping at harvey norman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
no harvey noooooooooooooooooooooo
englishskaterr 7 months ago
What a steaming load of slanderous turd. Getup should be renamed to getaclue. Random images of forest destruction doesn't equal Harvey Norman. Shit that could have been the land that was cleared for the mansion that getup built with the donation money.
dashnelly 7 months ago
i have never decent aussie hardwood furniture in a harvey norman shop
could someone tell me what species of old growth hardwood is being used?
monkeypuzzle351 7 months ago
Blah Blah Blah Blah Save The Planet Blah Blah
this video is a load of horse shit.
GetYaPinguOut 7 months ago
Get Up = left wing hippies that probably still think that the world is flat. You're a bunch of knob jockeys!
archie2133 7 months ago
i wanna jus SLICEEE this Ad!!
Qtb0i 7 months ago
Whats all the commercials of him saying that most of his products are australian made... like i dont even see it alot, but i can still remember his lame slogan "If your not buying Australian made why? WHY NOT? "
LiloPlease 7 months ago
at 0:53 he says "SAVE AUSSIE CLIMATE"
Im pretty sure i can read and that it says jobs
Nujjitoza 7 months ago
LOVE THIS!, I LAUGH SO HARD EVERY TIME!
Joel4President96 7 months ago
I know for a fact that Harvey norman have at least a 300% markup on Beds.
Harvey norman has got to the point that the only way it's making sales is because people are to lazy to shop around at the little guys.
basicCEVO 7 months ago
LOL fucking hippies have no idea what they are talking about...
lukelostit 7 months ago
Im so bored i actually watched the video
domesticmango 7 months ago 2
I like how factually inaccurate this campaign is. Sickens me more than the so called "forest destruction" they referred to; that someone would go to this much effort to be so incorrect haha.
kendrikMN 7 months ago 2
Sad how it cost less to get it sent half way across the world, put together and sent back...
Glennoboyo 7 months ago
Far as I know, the "slash" procedure happens in China?
rey37995092 7 months ago
lol
PsYkoTICk117 7 months ago
This guy has the most anoyying voice. fuck off harvey
junkrat1 7 months ago
@junkrat1 And your a junkie. Fucking faggot.
hekticnate69 7 months ago
@hekticnate69 hard cunt
junkrat1 7 months ago
@junkrat1 You are a unintelligent piece of trash.
hekticnate69 7 months ago
This is such a bogus campaign.
Harvey Norman are using legal timber from Australian forests that are REGENERATED - not destroyed! So many other companies are using what I call rapewood - illegally sourced from other countries where trees are clearfelled and not regrown. Ironically, your campaign may see an increase in this. On your head be it. Far better to use Australian wood, not imported rapewood. Also, timber is better than other materials that are carbon heavy.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago 28
@KateLovesSinging
No replacing old growth forest with monocultures is not 'regeneration'. Obviously you have little understanding of environmental or climate science. Old growth sequesters carbon, supports wildlife and biodiversity unlike monoculture plantations whose main function is to act as a cash crop. They actually cause a net loss in carbon sequestration (they do more harm than good) over their lifespan. Please do some research before speaking like an authority!
stonem001 7 months ago
@stonem001 Guess I've done different research to you... In NSW Australia the public native forests managed by Forests NSW are NOT turned into plantation, but are selectively harvested and regenerated as biodiverse forests! Habitat trees are maintained, along with a myriad of other environmental provisions. Native Forests in NSW, public or private are NOT clearfelled - it is illegal to clear a native forest and plant a plantation! Perhaps you should go back to uni mate!
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
PS, regarding carbon, yes trees absorb carbon AND guess what? The carbon stays in the timber for the life of the product! Approximately half the dry weight of wood is carbon! I live in a 100 year old timber cottage - this house is a carbon store. When timber is harvested from forests the carbon in the tree is sequestered in the timber, then a new tree can grow and store more carbon. The only time the carbon is released is if the tree is burnt or left to biodegrade! Scientific fact.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging
OK, try and understand this please. Forests need to stand for many years before they lock-in carbon because most of the carbon is found in the soils. Plants breathe through their leaves and when the leaves fall to the ground they return carbon to the soil. The natural carbon cycle between plants, animals, the air, the oceans and the earth maintains a delicate balance. Monocultures are not forests/ecosystems and do not stand long enough to lock-in carbon in the soil.
stonem001 7 months ago
@stonem001 Your criticisms against plantations have nothing to do with this campaign. Harvey Norman are being (wrongly) criticised for using timber from legally & sustainably managed biodiverse native forests. Forests in NSW are NOT clearfelled, NOT turned into plantations, they're selectively harvested & then regenerate, managed by experienced foresters with degrees in environmental science. You are entitled to your personal/professional opinion - 1 in a sea of diverse scientific perspectives.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging
I imagine you are concerned about the environment my friend but your views are really nothing more than timber industry PR. There is not a 'sea of diverse scientific perspectives' on this issue in the same sense as there isn't on climate change; corporations try to confuse the issue. There are two groups: the overwhelming majority of scientific and educated opinion on one hand and a bunch of coporate hacks and stooges manufacturing propaganda and misinformation on the other
stonem001 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging
visit
marketsforchangeDOTorg/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/TheNHNreportDOTpdf
and read the third page which details exactly where Harvey Norman are getting their timber from.
stonem001 7 months ago
@stonem001 thanks but I've already read the report :-)
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
I LOVE working with & living with wood & i KNOW using timber is also GOOD for addressing climate change. Alternatives products are: steel (carbon heavy & not renewable), concrete (carbon heavy and not renewable), aluminium (the carbon heaviest of all and not renewable), or how about lino/plastic (bleh! Not even going there). I don't know ANYONE who wants to live next door to an aluminium smelter, quarry or mine, but plenty who would love to live next door to a sustainably managed state forest.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging
Yes, timber can be a great material. We currently have far far more than enough 'sustainable' plantations to satisfy our building and furniture needs. Most of the new old growth forests which are being felled are for woodchips, to satisfy consumer demand for stupid things like toilet paper, tissues and paper! Note that those 'sustainable' planations can and should be managed a LOT better - run so they are actually an ecosystem rather than a cash crop.
stonem001 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging Wake up and smell the roses. The Australian forests are massively depleted and all you worry about is another countries forests. Look up deforestation in Australia, regenerated also means consistent loss of habitat to any animal. How can an animal of any sort be allowed to freely roam between truck and chainsaw? Would you rather protect a forest or have some cheaply made Asian goods, at the cost of our native animals? Rapewood happens everywhere, we just call ours 'Woodchips'.
SuperGravey 7 months ago
@SuperGravey Australian forests are sustainably harvested over a long rotation of many decades. Harvesting does disrupt areas of the forest for a time, but these areas naturally regenerate. Disruption via fire, wind and falling trees is a normal occurance in the forest, from which the forest recovers. The idea that forests need to be preserved as tree museums is a nonsense. They are dynamic places of change that can handle periods of disruption, such as selective timber harvesting.
KateLovesSinging 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging oooh tell me more about the magic of REGENERATION...I guess the ecosystems that rely on 500 year old trees can go back to business as normal thanks to all those wonderful new saplings. Don't worry about the species on the extinction list - they've got plenty of time to wait for rain forest trees to mature.
The point of the ad campaign was to emphasise plantation timber - if you didn't get that then the only rapewood is the stuff your head is made out of
DingoBabyEat 7 months ago 3
@KateLovesSinging Did you make an account just to comment on this?
AwesomeNstuff 7 months ago 2
@KateLovesSinging Your so full of shit.
MrShayneOneill 7 months ago
@KateLovesSinging I'd stick to the singing.
millertas 7 months ago
Harvey Norman knows there are currently enough available plantation resources – both in softwood and in hardwood – to completely replace native forest sourced products - for all categories, and including imported timber and paper. Harvey Norman must lead by supporting the market adjustments and necessary investments in processing capacity required.
alphadirigo 7 months ago
Leading ANU economist, Dr Judith Ajani, has recently released her assessment of the state of Australia’s native forest and plantation industries. Her research confirms the declining native forest sector is increasingly uncompetitive, re: certified Australian plantations.
alphadirigo 7 months ago
The CEO of Harvey Norman says he is furious, as thousands of customers demand action. Harvey Norman argues that they are only responsible for a small percentage of native forest destruction, but Harvey Norman knows the high value (e.g. furniture and flooring) products they profit from, make it economically viable to go into remote areas and trash native Australian forests.
alphadirigo 7 months ago
its too cold in australia during winter ... i wont mind some global warming right now
hammad23ijaz 7 months ago
@hammad23ijaz
LOL
hamzie11 7 months ago
Pfft, well here's another dent to Abbot's "planting trees instead of carbon tax" crap. If they're blowing up the best recourse for his plan it will go completely out the window... or cost double.
roguesentinel 7 months ago
@roguesentinel
Let's just enjoy the increased cost to an already huge cost of living when the carbon tax comes in. Obviously, making a tax in one country for carbon emissions from all over the globe will reduce, if not solve the global warming issue! Hurrah!
DaRealGindelbi 7 months ago
He wants everyone to buy from him,yet he wont spend his own money in Australia.He is a big windger,ere are some tissues cry baby.Wawa waaaaa.Also he has monoploy in Australia accdording to ACCC u cant have more then 80 percent market share!
makdeonijatom 7 months ago
Harvey Norman is a rip off anyway, so fuck them haha.
PureS0u1 7 months ago
yeah, much better to use carbon-friendly products like steel and aluminium for your furniture, or import 100% Asia & Oceania rainforest furniture like all the other places...
The only time I've bought furniture from Harvey Norman it was made in Australia from a NSW timber species so I don't quite know what it had to do with the Styx or with overseas manufacturing.
Disappointed that Rod Quantock is associated with such an unscientific organisation, facts & stats anywhere?
TheBrockly19 7 months ago
ok to the people who made this video you clearly havnt thought this through!! number 1 this is copy righted and number 2 jerry harvey can sue you for millions!! for the people who are gonna stop shopping at harvey norman go ahead listen to things that are not true. this clip is copy righted and fake i am probably the worlds biggest animal lover and harvey norman does not kill off the wild life!! believe me if they did wouldnt end up doing it so go harvey go go harvey norman GO!! lol
missamericanidiotxox 7 months ago
@missamericanidiotxox you truly are miss idiot.
roguesentinel 7 months ago
@roguesentinel and u aren't?? u believe that shit
missamericanidiotxox 7 months ago
yep thats not true. any of it.
tgmnewman 7 months ago
@THEBIGCAGEY exactly.
AlpacaProductionz 7 months ago
If you have a blog make sure to upload this to it and to your Facebook page too, must spread the news as much as possible about these losers
2pinkpossums 7 months ago
We should be using the Hemp plant instead of cutting down forests! It is eco-friendly, grows very quickly, requires virtually no pesticides and is stronger than regular wood.
geezgsr 7 months ago
@geezgsr
Yes but the government is paranoid that people will start smoking their furniture if we do that...
alexjrules 7 months ago
@alexjrules lol too right, but the only high you'd be getting from Hemp furniture is from the varnish!
geezgsr 7 months ago
Harvey Norman is scum manipulator that binds up products with extra packaging and uses as excuse to not exchange if opened even when it is the fault of their brain dead sales fuckwits. Go elswhere for purchase.
GrumpSkull 7 months ago
mdlittle5466 Um what you are describing is plantation timber, which is what is being suggested as an alternative to native forest logging. But hey, let's not destroy what little is left of our native forests to make a place for plantation timber. A forest ecosystem is much more complex that a trees and not that easy to replace. There are plenty of deforested places in Australia where trees could be planted.
kirsty049 7 months ago
could harvey norman sue over this
holynah9 7 months ago
@holynah9 they can sue, but theres no way theyd get anything
themuntstick 7 months ago
@themuntstick i reckon they would the used harvey norman name which is copyright like i cant make a movie and say or yer universal studios did it
holynah9 7 months ago
@themuntstick but i guess in the end there message is a positive so ur probs right
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