Tasmania Media Releases
- Historic opportunity to end years of conflict over Tasmania’s forests - August 26, 2010
- The future of our environment hangs ‘in the balance’ - August 19, 2010
- Major party launches show our National Leaders are Missing-In-Action on the environment - August 16, 2010
- Hello… green policies? Gillard, Abbott Missing-In-Action on nature conservation - August 03, 2010
- GUNNS' end to 1080 poison use a welcome step forward - June 22, 2010
- Pulp Mill dead in the water as John Gay severs all ties with Gunns - May 27, 2010
- Robin Gray retires from Gunns board but maintains control of major subsidiary - May 06, 2010
- Forest Minister loses his seat as voters reject advocates of old-style native-forest logging - March 31, 2010
- Timber industry using old-style tactics for old-style politicians - March 17, 2010
- Who can you trust on forests this Saturday? - March 17, 2010
The Wilderness Society today responded to media reports on the ongoing
discussions about the protection of Tasmania’s native forests with
environment and forest industry representatives.
The Wilderness Society today released its final assessment of the Parties’ policies on the environment this Election. Our conclusion is that the two biggest parties, the ALP and the Liberal-National Coalition, have been missing-in-action on the environment this election.
The Wilderness Society has released its assessment of the political parties’ national leadership on the environment, and declared both Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott ‘missing in action’.
The Wilderness Society has criticized both Labor and the Coalition for failing to present clear, positive policies to protect our native forests, our unique natural ecosystems and marine environments, and iconic places like the Kimberley and Cape York.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
The Wilderness Society today released a report card assessing the three major parties' policies on forests. Based on our assessment, the Greens rated the highest, demonstrating strong environmental and logging industry reform policies. Labor and Liberal scored very poorly, reflecting their lack of vision in relation to our natural environment, particularly with regards to forests.
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