Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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1.0KCan anyone remember the CFMEU going into bat for forestry workers cast aside
Spare a thought for the workers … Not just all workers, but ordinary workers performing ordinary jobs in what used to be...
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Gunns reels as Japan paper mills shut. Moratorium meeeting, Tuesday
Tasmanian forestry company Gunns shares slumped as much as 14 per cent this morning amid concern about the impact of closure of...
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Compo for Gunns – Deja vu? Lara, Tony on YouTube. No seal of approval. Greens rift? More please …
Six months ago, it was widely reported that Gunns would seek compensation for terminating wood supply contracts with Forestry Tasmania. A round...
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The Tasmanian Plantation Elephant
The whole question of Tasmania’s long term land and water management is now up for grabs. Tasmania’s plantation estate is the elephant...
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Call to Arms: Environmental activists urged to regroup
Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network today calls on the main environment organisations to seriously rethink future strategies in environmental activism. Healthy,...
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The Burning Question
Forestry Tasmania says there will be over 300 planned burns this year but they won’t say when these will be conducted and...
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Gunns proposed plantation policy: an open letter
7th March 2011 Without Prejudice Mr. Jim Wilson Plantation Standards and Services Manager Gunns Ltd. 76 Lindsay Street Launceston Tasmania. 7250 Dear...
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Can we restore the rainforests?
Humans can recreate destroyed rainforests, but the question is whether they ever live up to the original. Credit: iStockphoto. As the world...
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Sweet-reasonable L’Estrange monsters Flanagan ‘cynicism and contempt’
GUNNS Ltd managing director GREG L’ESTRANGE answers the critics and puts a case for frank debate over the Tamar Valley pulp mill...
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Burke and the EPBC Act: Beyond Ignorance and Ineptitude
Under the terms of the federal EPBC Act, the Minister responsible for its administration, Tony Burke had a duty to carry out...
