AUSTRALIA — The forestry industry says the only silver lining in trade sanctions that have shut down the $600 million a year log trade with China is that it strengthens the case for a pulp and paper mill in Victoria or South Australia. It is pushing for tax incentives and a clear path to approval for such a mill. Australian Forest Products Association chief executive Ross Hampton said China had been buying about 95 per cent of plantation logs unsuitable for sawmilling and the trade ban threatened the viability of the timber industry in a “green triangle” across south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia. …“So if we haven’t got an outlet for those products, then the industry will slow down and it could even come to a halt. …Mr Hampton said a global trend away from plastic was working in favour of a pulp and paper mill.