Friday, January 7, 2011

State Government wants Pulp Mill as part of doomed peace deal.

.........."CONFIDENTIAL documents from Premier David Bartlett's Cabinet confirm that the Federal Government's refusal to bankroll the Tasmanian forest peace pact may jeopardise the landmark deal........................................Ten key forest industry and environmental groups signed a historic deal in October agreeing to end logging in high-conservation public forests and phase out logging in all public native forests as the industry shifted towards plantations, and to approve a pulp mill.............................. .....The briefing paper reveals the Government: Believed one of the most significant objectives of the peace plan was the commitment by all signatories to support a "world-scale and sustainable pulp mill at an unspecified location".......... Read More Here

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