Gunns 13 Case Continues Today

Media Alert

Thursday 4.02.2010

Gunns 13 Case Continues Today

What: First Gunns 13 court appearance since the settlement of the Gunns 20 case. Mentions in Hobart Supreme court for both Gunns vs. Gunns 13 and the Trade Practices Act suit against Gunns.

Where: Hobart Supreme Court, Salamanca Place.

When: Press conference at 11:30 am with Gunns13 spokesperson Warrick Jordan. Court proceedings begin at 9:15am(Court 2).

“The settlement of the Gunns 20 case was a huge victory for those who support free speech and the protection of Tasmania’s environment. The world needs to know, however, that Gunns continues to sue Tasmanians who oppose their environmental vandalism,” said Gunns 13 spokesperson Warrick Jordan.

“The Gunns 13 are still being sued. While Gunns continue to sue ordinary Tasmanians, and continues to destroy High Conservation Value forests, their hopes of being seen globally as a good corporate citizen are a hollow fantasy,” said Gunns 13 spokesperson Warrick Jordan.

“Gunns still maintains that they will sue to protect their ‘commercial interests’. As long as Gunns continue to secure those commercial interests by destroying Tasmania’s High Conservation Value forests and mistreating the Tasmanian community, people will oppose them,” Warrick Jordan said.

“Without being seen to improve their environmental and social credentials, Gunns’ business looks shaky at best. While they continue to sue their critics and continue to destroy High Conservation Value forests, it will be impossible for them to convince Tasmania, and the world, that they are moving away from their previous destructive practices,” Warrick Jordan said.
Warrick Jordan