Police Escort for Forestry Over The Top
The community has been explicit they would not be staging direct protest action and a police escort was completely unnecessary.
Apr
2016
20
Native Forest Logging
Apr
2016
13
Gutwein Should Use Derby Logging Delay to Consult Constituents
Forestry Tasmania has advised that logging of the outer part of contentious coupe CC104B at Derby will be delayed to February 2017.
Mar
2016
20
Hodgman Liberals in Embarrassing World Heritage Backdown
Parks Minister, Matthew Groom, has more egg on his face after being forced in to an embarrassing backdown on the Liberals' plan to log in the TWWHA.
Feb
2016
18
Tough Choices Ahead for Minister Gutwein
The new Minister for Forests will need to have the courage to make the tough choices Paul Harriss clearly didn't want to make.
Jan
2016
11
Sustainable Forestry Our Future
The increase in Tasmania's wood exports are thanks to sustainable private sector plantation-based forestry, not politics or state government intervention.
Dec
2015
30
Response to Joan Rylah
The Forest Peace Deal was proudly torn up by the current Liberal government loudly proclaiming the fulfilment of an election promise.
Nov
2015
17
Forest Practices Plans Routinely Ignored
The annual report of Tasmania's Forest Practices' Authority makes it clear that Forest Practices Plans (FPPs) are regularly ignored by industry operators.
Nov
2015
6
Liberal Greenwash Won’t Fool Lonely Planet
Today the Greens signed a letter to Lonely Planet, in response to their travel advisory yesterday warning that Tasmania’s wilderness is under threat.
Oct
2015
30
Stop Logging All Swift Parrot Forests
The international conservation listing of the swift parrot as critically endangered is the wakeup call the government needs to stop logging its habitat.
Oct
2015
20
Another Day, Another Handout to Forestry
After redirecting $7M allocated exit funding to keep people in the native forest industry, the Liberals are paying another $1M in compensation to contractors.