Environment
Bartlett: no more forests…
Matthew Denholm Australian
TASMANIAN Premier David Bartlett has backed away from his willingness to consider expanding forest reserves, telling The Weekend Australian that he now rules it out. Mr Bartlett had suggested he was open to the protection of more forests, even expressing a desire to visit contentious unprotected forests. However, he has now sought to reassure the forestry industry, which had expressed nervousness at the prospect. Read more here