Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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Timber boss predicts approval
Nick Clark Mercury GUNNS anticipates Federal Government approval for the $2.2 billion pulp mill will be provided in January next year. Executive...
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Money does not grow on trees
John decided to buy trees – or a woodlot – being offered by a managed investment scheme (MIS) company, Great Southern Ltd....
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Unnecessary danger signals
Alex Wadsley The Tasmanian economy has been handed a ‘Get out of recession free’ card while the captain is calling abandon ship....
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Danger … without a pulp mill
ABC Online Premier David Bartlett and analysts say the state’s economy is not reliant on the pulp mill, but the forestry industry...
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Parents impose own log truck curfew
ABC Online A group of parents in Tasmania’s north-east is so worried about school bus safety they are imposing their own curfew...
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Fears over chemical spraying
ABC Online Howard and Michelle Carpenter say Gunns sprayed their home and tourist accommodation near Lebrina to stop an insect infestation in...
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73 per cent want Bartlett to end support
Vica Bayley Wilderness Society MR The statewide poll of 1000 Tasmanians, carried out by EMRS between the 3rd and 7th November 2008,...
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The scariest thing I have ever seen
Bob Downe Jr Dr Raverty, if you’re looking for any more interesting behaviour then don’t forget this one: in 2004 Konsy offered...
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Back to the drawing board
Alex Wadsley By derailing the RPDC, Gunns and the government derailed their own prospects of getting the project financed. The plantations are...
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Collapse of MIS
John Lawrence Leonie Wood has written another revealing episode in The Age http://business.theage.com.au/business/court-orders-environinvest-solvency-check-20081107-5k6z.html concerning the collapse of Environinvest a MIS company which...
