WELL-KNOWN Hobart journalist and communications specialist Bruce Montgomery has resigned suddenly from the Forests and Forest Industry Council, claiming his efforts to improve the image of the industry struck continual resistance.
Mr Montgomery was appointed to work for the council two years ago by then-deputy premier and Forests Minister Paul Lennon, who wanted the problem of the poor image and reputation of Tasmania’s forestry industry fixed.
“But it proved to be an impossible task,” Mr Montgomery said.
“The industry is a series of fiefdoms, dominated by Gunns, Forestry Tasmania and the Forest Industries Association of Tasmania.
“They all protect their own territory and are conservative people who don’t appreciate being given advice on what needs to be done to improve the industry’s image.”
etc, etc,
The Mercury story, Forestry image logjam
You were on the money, Nudger: Movement at the station
