Chipper, sawmill or Ta Ann … ? Whopper logs snapped near Brighton yesterday.
Forestry Tasmania, Ta Ann & Newood and a Freedom of Information Request
Tim Morris, Greens Shadow Minister for Forests, in April 2007 requested documentation to include the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) relating to the construction of the two Ta Ann veneer mills, one at Southwood and the other at Smithton.
Hans Drielsma for Forestry Tasmania claimed exemption and fought the matter tooth and nail … using the following justifications: trade secrets, third parties, internal working documents and Section 9(a).
The matter was taken before the Ombudsman, released in part and heavily redacted.
It should now be in the public arena.
Simon Allston, the then Ombudsman said: ‘I do not find that any of the information in the documents relates to trade secrets’. >Case ref: 700-0610001 April 3rd 2007 and again April 20th 2007 and again August 2007.
The decision is on the web and comes up if you google 700-0708009 or follow the link:
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1GGGE___AU588AU594&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=700-0708009
This deal has smelt from the start and the deeper we dig the greater the stench.
• COMMENTS … have been disallowed on this item … so you can go to the original article: The Probe, HERE, where there already is a wonderful string of revelatory COMMENTS
• Peg Putt, Jenny Weber: Test for Forestry Tasmania and FSC As formal notification of the FSC evaluation goes to stakeholders The assessment of Forestry Tasmania for FSC certification is as much a test for the Forest Stewardship Council as it is for Forestry Tasmania as FSC auditors are asked to approve unacceptable logging practices and plans that insufficiently protect vital old growth forest and biodiversity, so that the product can be represented as having green credentials in international and domestic markets.
• PB in Comments, HERE Senator Eric Abetz rushed to take advantage of a now-axed overseas travel perk to visit Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand from 9 July to 23 Jul 2012 during which he visited Ta Ann’s operations in Sarawak. The report of his Parliamentary Expenditure posted on the Finance Department website shows that he incurred Overseas Study Travel expenses of $12,686.86 for the trip and expended a further $1,800 on mobile overseas calls.
