Bartlett’s forests destruction vision
19.05.09 1:30 am
Dr ANDREW LOHREY
The shock axing of the Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts has received a lot of media coverage but we now find that the amount of money this policy will save is less than the money we collectively spend on the Hawthorn football team. This policy move is not about saving money. It is about reducing an already reduced conservation and environment voice in government, currently a small voice that may in some circumstances, inhibit the forward march of forest industries.
Sue Neales said in her column last Saturday ( Here ) that Premier Bartlett has not successfully conveyed his long-term vision and policy direction for the state. Perhaps this is because he does not want to say that the policy which is in place and actually working behind the scenes is a vision for Tasmania as one large forestry operation. Clearly he endorses this vision and that is why he now tells Gunns to get on with the job of building the pulp mill.
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