Tasmania Media Releases
- Don Burke's new PR/enviro position with Gunns - October 09, 2008
- Gunns invited on Tamar Valley tour - September 19, 2008
- Footsteps for a pulpmill-free future explores Tasmania's Tamar Valley - September 17, 2008
- Forestry Tasmania clutches at staws to find a scapegoat for their own credibility problems - September 10, 2008
- Garrett gives Gunns another special deal - September 08, 2008
- Another court blow for Gunns: company fails in legal bid to get personal details of conservationists - September 03, 2008
- Gunns reneges on signing up to Bartlett's Sovereign Risk November deadline - September 02, 2008
- Forestry Tasmania makeover an opportunity for forest protection - September 01, 2008
- Open day in the Styx to showcase carbon dense native forests - August 29, 2008
- Pulp mill on wrong side of Bartlett's "line in the sand" - August 29, 2008
The announcement today that Don Burke will be taking up a ‘sort of PR’ position with Gunns, assisting with environmental issues, is welcome provided he assists the company make the real changes to their business operations that the Tasmanian community wants, according to The Wilderness Society.
The Wilderness Society has invited Gunns to attend the ‘Footsteps for a pulp mill free future’ following their criticism of the event to be held this weekend in Tasmania's Tamar Valley. Gunns has publicly criticised the event and accused The Wilderness Society of misinformation before the event has even occurred.
A three day spring tour of Tasmania's Tamar Valley beginning this Friday September 19th will increase community understanding of the values of the region and highlight the threats posed by Gunns’ proposed pulp mill. The event will culminate in a community picnic at East Beach, Low Head, on Sunday with Tamar Valley resident Peter Cundall.
A desperate bid to smear The Wilderness Society with baseless and unsubstantiated claims about our role in the Tasmanian forestry debate appears little more than Forestry Tasmania clutching at straws and may pre-empt a taxpayer funded public relations blitz.
In granting Gunns a further three months to obtain Federal Government approval for the Tasmanian pulp mill, Commonwealth Environment Minister Peter Garrett extends another lifeline to the project and does another special deal for the company that has repeatedly treated the government, the assessment process and the public with contempt.
Timber giant Gunns Ltd today failed in its legal bid to force The Wilderness Society to provide contact addresses, phone numbers and other details of 128 conservationists. The bid was part of the long running Gunns20 case in the Victorian Supreme Court.
Confusion over the status of the sovereign risk agreement for the Gunns pulp mill and the revelation that Gunns is refusing to sign the re-negotiated agreement should empower Premier David Bartlett to stand up for the Tasmanians he represents and deliver on his promise to withdraw all government support for the pulp mill.
The claims today that Forestry Tasmania are undertaking a makeover were welcomed by The Wilderness Society and should been seen as a major new opportunity for Premier Bartlett to enact a reform of forest policy to ensure Forestry Tasmania stop logging oldgrowth and high conservation value forests and become an environmentally and socially responsible government entity.
The Wilderness Society is organising an open day in the Styx Valley this Sunday to encourage the public to visit one of the most carbon-dense forests in the world.
The Wilderness Society says that Gunns’ latest delay in financing its proposed pulp mill had put the project on the wrong side of Tasmanian Premier Bartlett’s ‘line in the sand’ and that it is now time to end the pulp-mill farce altogether.
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