Tough ad asks Tasmanians to reject failed thinking

Tough-hitting ad asks Tasmanians to reject failed thinking

Our Common Ground today released hard-hitting television and radio ads that highlight the failings of old-style politicians.

The ads ask voters why they’d support politicians and candidates who clearly do not listen to them. They also list the failures that flow from Tasmanian politicians’ stubborn refusal to change. The ads, which will run immediately, can be seen and heard on www.ourcommonground.org.au

“It’s hard to look at Tasmania’s timber industry and think things are working,” said Dr Andrew Lohrey, a former Labor Forest Minister who also authorised the advert. “Jobs are vanishing, we’re losing native forests, companies can’t get financing and we are losing markets.”

“The fact is our competitors are changing but we’re not. And the reason is because old-style politicians are not listening to Tasmanians—who are desperate to move on from old fights,” added Peter Skillern of Our Common Ground and who is the former state director of the Liberal Party. “Why vote for candidates who do not believe jobs and forests can co-exist?”

“Old-style parties talk about change but their old-style forest policies will produce more of the same — industry in decline, jobs lost, and shrinking markets. But Tasmanians want change because they’re tired of losing jobs and losing native forests,” concluded Mr Skillern.

Our Common Ground is a coalition of community and business leaders, environment groups and timber workers who are committed to finding a solution to Tasmania’s forestry conflict.
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