The Wilderness Society goes wild: greenies are baying for bloodThe disgruntled infighting between management and staff within the Wilderness Society is grabbing lots of media and political attention. Not exactly what the environmental movement needs, writes Heidi Douglas.
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Political snippets: What inflationary pressures?
Usually there is nothing more interesting crashing a politician’s event than a greenie in a koala suit. Except, when it’s your fame hungry ex-lover. Plus, pollies avoiding shopping centres and hip-hop meets the holocaust.
Abbott braving the rapids over Wild Rivers legislation
Tony Abbott should spend more time pondering the rest of his days in the wilderness — the political wilderness, that is, given he seems no lover of nature based on his Wild Rivers campaign, writes The Wilderness Society’s Dr Tim Seelig.
Fuel reduction would not — did not — stop Black Saturday
Climate change is upon us and the old ways of thinking about vegetation management also need to be reviewed, writes Lindsay Hesketh.
Wild Rivers get murkier and murkier
Even the keywords “Crosby-Textor” have had an airing as the Wilderness Society and indigenous groups battle over Queensland’s Wild Rivers Act.
More to Wild Rivers than meets the eye
The Noel Pearson-Tania Major anti-Wild Rivers campaign on Cape York has just reached new depths, but at least the tactics and motivations are becoming more transparent, writes Tim Seelig.
Koalas vs. The Media
The Truth!
Tasmanians are struggling as much as their trees
Tasmania is Australia’s Mississippi or Alabama, writes Greg Barns.
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.
Gunns pulp mill: your questions answered
Believe it or not, the politics of Gunns’ newly approved pulp mill is only one aspect of the project. Here are some answers to reader questions about forestry in Tasmania, the Greens policies, and the best way to use the island state’s natural resources.
