I was pleased to see that Piers Akerman is once again seeking to draw the nation’s attention to an article I wrote almost two years ago and delighted that Piers is now embracing recycling, writes Richard Flanagan.
Gunns
ABC Learning nears death as desperate Gunns asks for $430m
After days of argy bargy, Gunns has not come up with a formula for capital raising writes Stephen Mayne.
Gunns in crisis as investor confidence evaporates
How on earth can a company now capitalised at just $681 million and already saddled with more than $1 billion in debt, finance a $2 billion pulp mill? Writes Stephen Mayne.
Can Australia come of age in corporate governance campaigning?
The Wilderness Society had a major win in lobbying ANZ to walk away from its long-term role as lead banker to Gunns, but this doesn’t mean the $2 billion Tamar Valley pulp mill is dead, writes Stephen Mayne.
ANZ finds that good PR can be hard to avoid
Last week, ANZ got a lot of credit for two non-decisions. Despite denials, they were applauded for taking a stand against misogyny and in favour of the Tasmanian environment, writes Trevor Cook.
ANZ’s PR offensive as Opes Prime festers
ANZ Bank is certainly attempting to mount a rearguard action to rebuild its reputation after the Opes Prime fiasco, writes Stephen Mayne.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
Endorsements for hire in Tassie pulp mill debate
In the lobbying business, titles are a wonderful thing and the Wilderness Society well knows it, writes Richard Farmer.
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Senator Nettle and the Jabiru Venture … Gunns AGM … Crikey Cabbie Panel’s call … Bill Heffernan … TV advertising … crazy electoral gods …
John Gay aborts Gunns AGM amid tough questioning
The Gunns Ltd AGM in Launceston this morning was one of the most extraordinary I’ve ever seen, reports Stephen Mayne.
Richard Flanagan: why we must stop this dark, satanic, mill
If you care about the heart of this great country on election day do not vote for any candidate of any party that supports the pulp mill, says Richard Flanagan.
Kevin Rudd’s $110 million gift to Gunns pulp mill
Richard Flanagan in his Stop the Pulp Mill rally speech last Saturday in Hobart, here on Tasmanian Times, seems to have been the first to notice the extraordinary subsidy Kevin Rudd’s ALP has given to Gunns pulp mill.
The Perpetual redemptions start to flow over Gunns
Perpetual chairman Bob Savage has defended his company’s status as the biggest shareholder in Gunns by claiming that his customers weren’t at all worried about the controversial investment. But that was before the wide public recognition of the fact resulting from this week’s AGM, writes Stephen Mayne.
Cranking it up against Perpetual
The Perpetual AGM in Sydney tomorrow is shaping up to be the event of the season as the biggest shareholder in Gunns faces a co-ordinated assault from a range of anti-pulp mill protestors, writes Stephen Mayne.
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Andrew Jaspan … who are the media really serving? … Sudan, Andrews and Nixon … making history, history … Victorian channel deepening project … Next G network …
How to put the heat on the Perpetual bad boys at Gunns
Whilst executive chairman John Gay is the ugly and public face of Tasmanian pulp mill proponent Gunns Ltd, the pressure is about to start spreading to a few more well-known institutions, writes Stephen Mayne.
Geoffrey Cousins: Gunns has to wait to build pulp mill, chief scientist says so
An important conflict has emerged between the statements from Gunns regarding commencement of construction on its proposed pulp mill and those of the chief scientist and conditions in the ministerial decision, writes Geoffrey Cousins.
Polling in Tasmania: every head counts
Here’s a quick refresher course in electoral history. Bob Hawke won in 1983 and 1984 without winning a single seat in Tasmania. We hear a disproportionate amount about the state at election time, writes Christian Kerr.
Did Gunns get what it wanted, or deserved?
Now that the Federal Environment Minister has given the pulp mill conditional approval, Gunns must decide if it is going to proceed with the project knowing it will cost them time and money to comply with another 24 guidelines. Is it a deal-breaker, as Gunns has promised?
Say no to the pulp mill, Malcolm
Gunns and the Tasmanian government are lazy, complacent and arrogant. Why should Malcolm Turnbull take a bullet for these people?
Tips and rumours
Brian Burke, former WA Premier and leading lobbyist was seen last night dining in a Launceston restaurant with John Gay, Exec Chairman of Gunns Ltd. A comfortable fit with the existing Gunns’ Board! An illustration of the vanity of John Howard and his urge for self glorification is the fact that, unlike his Labor predecessors, […]
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Garrett, Gunns and Tasmania … polls and polling … Howard, APEC and a hangover cure … Janette Howard … Trading Post … Helen Razer … the PM’s joke … bank fees …
Gunns may face November start date after all
The delays that Gunns so vigorously objected to back in March may have been unavoidable after all, writes Thomas Hunter.
The Feds to Call Gunns’ Bluff?
Gunns, the Tasmanian timber kings, dragooned a State Premier into speeding up an approval process for its planned Tamar Valley pulp mill but may well find a Federal Prime Minister determined to slow it down.
