The delays that Gunns so vigorously objected to back in March may have been unavoidable after all, writes Thomas Hunter.
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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.
Plantations tax and Gunns Ltd
The supply of quality sawn timber from Australian trees — as distinct from the commodities of woodchips and pulp — looks more bleak than ever, writes Native forest owner John Maddock.
Four Corners can’t see the Gunns for the trees
The “new ABC” was at its lacklustre best on Monday night’s Four Corners report on Gunns proposed pulp mill for Northern Tasmania, writes Lindsay Tuffin, editor of the Tasmanian Times.
Tips and rumours
Re. Gunns, Launceston City Council and Robin Gray. 1) What will Launceston’s ex-police officer Mayor Ivan Dean do in response to the apparent threat to one of his aldermen by Gunns director, ex-Tasmanian premier Robin Gray [reported in Saturday’s Mercury]. Respected Alderman Van Zetten, head of the charity Launceston City Mission, had voted against supporting […]
Lennon government is poison: ALP stalwart tells
I’m a member of the Labor Party in Tasmania and I think Paul Lennon stinks. I think his Government stinks. I think the relationship with Gunns is disgraceful and the handling of the pulp mill proposal, in particular, is an example of a bullying Government behaving at its very worst, writes a Tasmanian Labor Party member.
Lennon’s debut as TV adman for Gunns
The debate about political advertising in Australia has been a noisy one this year. Now, perhaps following the PM’s lead, Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon has danced down the pitch in a bid to smack any public opposition to his beloved pulp mill out of the park.
Tassie pulp mill looms, despite growing opposition
The Gunns pulp mill moved a step closer to reality yesterday with the Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon presenting to the parliament two reports on the viability of the project.
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