Pulp Mill Media Releases

GUNNS' end to 1080 poison use a welcome step forward - June 22, 2010

The Wilderness Society today welcomed Gunns' announcement that it would immediately end the use of the controversial poison 1080 in all its forestry operations and congratulated the company for this decision.

Pulp Mill dead in the water as John Gay severs all ties with Gunns - May 27, 2010

The controversial Bell Bay pulp mill is "dead in the water" following the sudden announcement by Gunns Ltd this evening that chairman John Gay will sever all ties with the company and its subsidiaries, The Wilderness Society's executive director Alec Marr said.

Robin Gray retires from Gunns board but maintains control of major subsidiary - May 06, 2010

Today's retirement of Gunns Ltd Director and ex-Premier Robin Gray should have signalled an end to a dark era in Tasmania's history, but instead it is being used as a smokescreen to divert attention from his appointment to a major subsidiary of the company

Forest Minister loses his seat as voters reject advocates of old-style native-forest logging - March 31, 2010

Several supporters of native-forest logging and Gunns’ proposed pulp mill have failed to be elected in the recent Tasmanian election, signaling an end to old-style politics which put the interests of big businesses above those of the community and the environment. The Tasmanian public has sent a strong message that they do not support old-style thinking when it comes to logging by rejecting high profile candidates who vocally advocate for the continuation of native-forest logging.

Timber industry using old-style tactics for old-style politicians - March 17, 2010

Today’s planned stunt by timber industry groups is simply a shallow re-run of a similar 2006 election stunt, according to the Wilderness Society. This stunt is just another example of logging companies dictating policy positions to politicians. Instead of showing vision and understanding the causes of the current crisis in the logging industry, these industry groups are trying to lock them into old-style policies the community doesn’t want and the industry doesn’t need

Gunns' planned restructure vain attempt to avoid real reform - February 21, 2010

Gunns Ltd’s proposed restructure of its company in response to its abysmal financial performance is a vain attempt to hide its native forest logging operations from scrutiny by potential pulp-mill investors, according to the Wilderness Society. Gunns, which today announced a 98% drop in profits for the first half of the financial year, plans to isolate its native-forest logging operations from the pulp mill proposal, plantations and other more acceptable parts of its operations such as wine-making and retail outlets.

Minister looking after Gunns' interests - January 20, 2010

Environment groups have labelled the trip to Japan by Resources Minister David Llewelyn with Gunns boss John Gay and Forestry Tasmania boss Bob Gordon a mercy dash aimed at looking after Gunns’ interests by attempting to keep native forest woodchipping alive in Tasmania.

Nordea Backs Away From Gunns’ Pulp Mill - January 07, 2010

For the first time, Nordea bank announced today that it would not finance the Gunns’ pulp mill in Australia if its widely publicised environmental impacts were not curbed. The announcement, made by Nordea via Twitter, came in response to a two-day blitz of public pressure. The campaign kicked off with an action from global campaign network Avaaz.org, and triggered engagement from thousands of Scandinavian citizens including many Nordea customers and shareholders.

Desperate Gunns settles for anything - November 26, 2009

Gunns Ltd today withdrew their case against two of the remaining six defendants in the infamous Gunns20 case.
Louise Morris and Neal Funnell will not be paying any costs or damages to Gunns after being sued for a combined $489,000 in 2004.

Norske Skog congratulated for ruling out native forests - November 16, 2009

Environment Tasmania and the Wilderness Society today congratulated Norske Skog on upgrades to its Boyer pulp mill in southern Tasmania, which mean only recycled material and plantation timber will be used in the mill from now on.