The overhaul of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act is set to speed up the transition away from native forest logging to plantation timbers in Tasmania and could have implications for clearing of farmland.

Derwent Valley Councillor Wayne Shoobridge has failed in his attempt to put a motion forward seeking a vote of "no confidence" in Derwent Valley Mayor Michelle Dracoulis during the council’s November meeting.

Christine Chilcott has managed to juggle cropping and dairying with raising children, running a post office and volunteering for more than 20 local organisations and community groups.