“Several weeks ago Gunns cleared land in the Trevallyn Reserve. This was meant to convince fantasy investors and the State government that ‘substantive’ work on the pulp mill had begun and that the pulp-mill was ‘investment ready’,” said TAP spokesperson Bob McMahon.
“It was a con. Gunns have made no such substantive start nor are they in the financial position to do so in the foreseeable future. Gunns have trashed public land as part of an immoral hoax,” continued McMahon.
“This Sunday TAP will begin the rehabilitation of the public land vandalised by Gunns by planting native trees and grasses. We will also erect signs which read EXCLUSION ZONE: GUNNS KEEP OUT.”
“Gunns may pull out our bush restoration work but they should be aware of the deep anger across Tasmania at the way their monoculture plantations have swamped the landscape and taken up some of our best food producing farm land, deprived existing farms of water and polluted our waterways with toxic chemicals,” said McMahon.
“My reading of the public mood is that if Gunns pull out our bush restoration work I fear it just may precipitate a tit-for-tat pull out of Gunns plantations across the state,” concluded McMahon.
WHAT: Vegetation planting on Gunns land clearing site
WHERE: Trevallyn Reserve just behind WAY FM radio station Reatta Rd Trevallyn
WHEN: 11.00am Sunday 13th September
Bob McMahon, TAP Into A Better Tasmania
Exclusion zone, Trevallyn Reserve
