Environment
Decision due. Issues unresolved: A wrap
typingisnotactivism
The day that Turnbull received the report he declared on ABC’s Lateline that Peacock’s findings would soon be made publicly available along with Turnbull’s own response. Matthew Denholm points out in today’s Australian that this fiercely undercuts his initial insistence in late August that there would be opportunity for public consideration of the report and comment before the making of his final decision. “When the Chief Scientist gives us his report, we’ll publish it, and Gunns and everybody else will have an opportunity to comment on it, and then I would hope to be in a position to make a decision.” That position has since been ‘clarified’. Publication of the report for public consideration shall now follow the announcement of a final decision. Meanwhile, Gunns has been the only stakeholder to enjoy access to the contents of the report, via discussions with Turnbull’s Department of Environment. Funnily enough, Gunns CEO John Gay apparently denied Gunns having been privy to any such accomodation – the same day that Turnbull’s Department was admitting to it.