Forestry

Gunns Ltd v Kingborough Council

The hearing in the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal on Gunns Ltd v. Kingborough Council began today, 30 May 2005. Considering...

Logs, damn logs and …

I, and many like me resent being treated as simpletons and being blasted by the propaganda machine of the government. We can...

Aerial spraying … What I think

The Pulp Mill

TWO YEARS ago the Tasmanian Government revived the dream of developing a world-class pulp mill. It was based on their belief that...

It’s not over

THERE HAVE been prominent media reports of claims by political notables, including the State Premier and the nation’s PM, that the newly-signed...

The council and the mill (2)

DEAR Martin, General manager and Mayor, In your response to our public queries you make an important assertion “A development of the...

The council and the mill (1)

DEAR Mr Bolan, Question at Council Meeting 2 May 2005 I refer to your questions taken on notice at the Council meeting...

The exclusion zone

An interesting letter appeared in The Mercury newspaper (17/5/05) from Mr Glenn Shaw, bemoaning the lack of any consultation with the Aboriginal...

Grand-stand Rene

Hag takes full credit for terrifying Rene into yesterday’s pledge “to govern in majority or not at all”. Her contention that the...

A contractor’s lament

TASMANIA’S logging contractors feel betrayed by the company they stood by during last year’s federal election. The article says: Last week timber...