As the debate on Gunn’s proposed pulp mill reached boiling point this week, many onlookers — journalists and concerned citizens alike — were left asking “Where’s Peter Garrett?” Have we found him? Judge for yourself.
Biodiversity conservation act
Testing the nerve of Gunns
The Tasmanian timber company Gunns bluffed its State Government into abandoning an independent public enquiry into the environmental impacts of its planned pulp mill on the grounds that the cost of waiting for the completion of the process was too great. So were they bluffing? Richard Farmer writes.






