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Peter Garrett: I haven’t lost my passion and I’m not missing
Crikey’s comments and imagery at the start of Friday’s Q&A item on the Tasmanian pulp mill were highly misleading. They create both a wrong impression and a sense of bias, writes Peter Garrett.
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Out of his Garrett: Labor spokesman speaks. Shock
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.
Unlikely Gunns coalitions leave Malcolm in the middle
No-one should be surprised that raising Gunn’s Pulp mill in Tasmania is sending election plans “pear shaped” for the member for Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull or for Peter Garret in the adjacent Sydney electorate.
Aboriginal kids to be “worked until visibly tired”.
There’s a document circulating around Yuendumu, Central Australia’s largest Aboriginal community, that suggests federally appointed Government Business Managers on Aboriginal communities in the Territory will have the power to direct police activities on those communities.
The Tuesday Top 20
The brouhaha over Kevin Rudd’s visit to Scores hasn’t been able to topple Prime Minister John Howard from his perennial Number 1 spot in Crikey/Media Monitors Top 20.
Gunns may get the vote, but see you in court
Tasmanian parliamentarians took to the chamber this morning to begin three days of deliberations on the Tamar Valley pulp mill, with votes expected in both houses on Thursday. And there could be another legal challenge in the offing, reports Thomas Hunter.
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.
Turnbull and the curse of Wentworth
Can Malcolm Turnbull defy the Curse of Wentworth? It’s a blue ribbon Liberal seat, but the last member who had anything like a successful career was Bob Ellicott, Malcolm Fraser’s first attorney-general, who retired back in 1981, writes Christian Kerr.
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.
One last appeal to democracy in Tasmania
A ‘last ditch’ community petition to the Tasmanian Upper House has netted some 20,000 signatures in just a few weeks. The petition calls for a return to democratic process, equal treatment for all and public participation in planning, writes Mike Bolan.
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.
Crikey’s NRL Hot Form Chart: Round 22
Round 22 NRL action saw thrillers and thrashings; grapples and gripes; and at the end of it all, powerful portents in Crikey’s NRL Hot Form Chart.
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.
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.
Give Gunns a chance, says Lennon
The pulp mill proposed for the Tasmania’s Tamar Valley has been off the front pages for the last few weeks, but that could be about to change.
