Stephen Mayne is wrong. Gunns does not have “a strong environmental story to tell”. It has been the author of an epic Tasmanian tragedy, a tale that has reduced good people to tears, writes Greens MP Cassy O’Connor.
Tasmanian forests
Gunns’ pulp mill: in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Gunns Ltd’s pulp mill has paralysed and poisoned Tasmania’s public life and private life, even divided towns and families, writes Lindsay Tuffin, of Tasmanian Times.
Stance on Tasmanian forests putting $millions at risk
The deal to save Tasmanian forests has seen the logging and mining industry remain determined that these forests are not converted into national parks and “locked up” — and the Prime Minister Julia Gillard seems to agree, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore.
Peace in the Tassie forests, but govt regulator is a basket case
The $276 million rescue package to buy peace in Tasmania’s forests came after the state’s Auditor-General indicated Forestry Tasmania was staggering towards insolvency and would need an equity to survive, writes John Lawrence.
Peace deal? Tasmanian forest wars descend into high farce
Land use in Tasmania is being determined by vested interests and pressure groups that do not actually own or manage any of the resource, writes Bruce Montgomery, former Tasmanian correspondent of The Australian
Tassie’s forests should not be plundered by politics
Both major parties in Tasmania are equally hopeless on environmental issues, says John Biggs. It’s up to minor parties and independents to save it from complete destruction.
Crikey Policy Comparison Pt 1: Broadband, schools, forests
Is Federal Labor the Liberal Party by another name? Is Kevin Rudd actually John Howard? And come election day, will there be sufficient difference in the policies of both parties to offer voters a choice? Here’s your chance to play spot the policy difference.
