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Stop Press! Staunch Tamar pulp mill backer Ivan Dean was voted out as Mayor of Launceston last night, beaten by mill opponent Albert van Zetten. Van Zetten hit the headlines last July when The Mercury reported that formerTasmanian premier and Gunns Ltd board member Robin Gray had threatened to axe or cut back Gunns’ support for the crisis and homeless charity, the Launceston City Mission, because of the pulp mill stance of chief executive Van Zetten.

Perhaps the former Mayor should have listened to Buck Emberg: To: Ivan Dean: MLC and Mayor of Launceston

Meanwhile, in Hobart, Rob Valentine was easily returned as Mayor.