Tasmanians were prepared to be arrested for their rights

WHAT: Community assembled at Beaconsfield Primary School
WHEN: 1pm – today
WHERE: Beaconsfield Primary School, Grubb Street

Action at Beaconsfield

Twenty one Tasmanians, members of “Pulp the Mill”, were arrested at Beaconsfield Primary School today, after their demands to establish a Royal Commission into the corruption surrounding the Pulp Mill process were ignored.

Pulp the Mill is a new group committed to Peaceful Community Protest and civil disobedience as a means for the community to stand up and send a clear message to governments, and any potential financier for the proposed pulp mill.

Lucy Landon-Lane, one of three Tamar Valley landowners who recently challenged the State Government in the Supreme Court over the Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007, and spokesperson for the group was among those arrested.

“The State Government is holding this community forum to hear the community’s concerns, yet it refuses to listen to community concerns about the pulp mill, and the lack of redress people will have under the Pulp Mill Assessment Act.”

“We have lost faith in our democracy and now call for the highest level of investigation into the corruption that surrounds the approval process for the pulp mill,” she said.

The peaceful assembly by members of an appalled community took place at Beaconsfield Primary School on Sunday 4th October, at 1pm.

“Potential Joint Venture Partners, State and Federal Governments can expect civil disobedience unless the PMAA is repealed, a Royal Commission into the corruption surrounding the pulp mill process is established, and plans to build this mill in the Tamar Valley location are withdrawn,” said Mrs Landon-Lane.

Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
(Mahatma Gandhi)

Website: http://www.pulpthemill.org/index.html
Lucy Landon-Lane, Anne Layton-Bennett