John gay


Gay, Gunns and logging — just what nobody wanted to talk about

Gunns chair John Gay is fighting back days out from an election. His bid to fend off concerns over corporate governance issues is a pivotal development in Tasmanian environmental politics, writes Bob Burton.

How a drunken prank became a major political story with flare

How a minor drunken prank escalated into a major Tasmanian political story may be as good as topic as any to kick off the journalists union’s Future of Journalism forum in Hobart on Thursday night, writes Bob Burton.

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.

Gunns backflip a lesson in managing Malcolm

The federal environment minister’s “tough” new conditions haven’t scuttled Gunns’ pulp mill. Indeed, according to Gunns, they make little difference at all, despite what Gunns’ CEO has been saying all year. Thomas Hunter investigates.

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?