ABC Online
10.09.10 6:32 pm
Mr Oakeshott says there is still a lot of political heat around his position and there would have been problems for the regional package he negotiated if he was also the relevant minister.
Timber industry split over Gunns logging move
Lateline, ABC: Reporter Emily Stewart. Picture of: Terry Edwards. Dr Frank Nicklason
10.09.10 6:59 am
Environmentalists are happy that Gunns is to stop logging native forests, but some in the industry claim the timber giant has surrendered in the “forestry wars”. TERRY EDWARDS, CEO, FOREST INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF TASMANIA: It does cause enormous concern about the way in which they are going about this process, which will injure other smaller sawmillers and industry players and Gunns don’t appear to be having much regard for that.
Dr Frank Nicklason: Mr L’Estrange asserts that environmentalists have used the key leverage point, amongst others, of “public emotion”. He says that “the industry maintained a stance that science will prevail and feudal lords will maintain the 200-year tradition of licensed access to crown land”. A consistent, and persistent, feature of the forestry debate has been the unwillingness of forest industry leaders, and their apologists, to take seriously the warnings of independent scientists (including doctors and economists) in relation to impacts of broad scale, industrial conversion forestry in native forests and on food producing land.
The Age: But the deputy leader of the Greens, Christine Milne, yesterday said Gunns should receive compensation if it pulled out of its Forestry Tasmania agreements.
ABC Online: Mr Edwards says Gunns’ swift transition to a plantation-based operation is causing concern.
And, Timber giant Gunns Limited is to slash the price it pays Tasmanian sawmills for native timber woodchips.
Environment groups welcome Gunns’ frank assessment on native forests ...
Jeremy Rockliff… Where have you been?
Basil J. Fitch. Ainslee Retirement Village
10.09.10 4:07 am
I am amused comments made by Jeremy Rockliff “There is a crisis in the Bush which nobody saw coming “. Where has he been? As late as 2004 Greens Bob Brown and former Labor Leader Mark Latham had a policy, saw ” The Gathering Storm ” approaching the industry, but of course employees and contractors in the industry were sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. … Thousands who oppose the Pulp Mill in the Tamar Valley are never going to change their minds and a sensible compromise would have the best outcome. The round table conference loaded with representatives from within the industry will not look at the ” Big Picture ” that the Tasmanian community demand.
Abetz and Channel Highway Land Deals
John Hawkins, Chudleigh
09.09.10 8:01 am
The sale of Lot 167 within five years, at a declared profit of $300,000 - but arguably an actual profit of approximately $1.3m - makes this a very good investment indeed. If this is so the capital gain is in excess of $1m and the Capital Gains Tax unpaid would be in excess of $200,000. This begs the question, why did the Tasmanian Government not arrange itself for the rezoning in conjunction with the developer, so as to benefit the people of Tasmania rather than a well-connected Senator?
ABC Online
09.09.10 7:38 am
“And I dare say Andrew Wilkie in Denison is scratching his head,” he said.
Andrew Wilkie, Comment 9: But the Coalition probably never had the $1 billion it promised and failed to convince me it would be delivered through a proper process. Please remember, I rejected the Coalition offer of $1 billion in light of their $7+ billion election promises black-hole revealed the same day by Treasury.
Moreover the Coalition offer hinged on the Coalition forming government. And it didn’t.
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