Latham challenged over Tasmania's forests

[Willis, Katrina (Sen B. Brown)]

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Thursday, 27 May 2004


Latham challenged over Tasmania's forests

Opposition leader Mark Latham's speech on the environment squibbed on
protecting any of Tasmania's threatened iconic forests and wildlife,
Greens Senator Bob Brown said in Washington today.

"Labor is set to endorse Prime Minister John Howard's agreement to cut
down, burn and poison the grandest forests in the Southern Hemisphere at
the fastest rate in history," Senator Brown said.  

"We will not give a tick to a policy which by default endorses chainsaws
in the Tarkine, Styx and Blue Tier forests.

"We welcome the endorsement of our campaign for world heritage listing
for Antarctica and to ratify the Kyoto Protocol but the aim to restore
1500 gigalitres to the Murray River over 10 years is too little, too
slow.

"Prime Minister Howard's refusal to ratify Kyoto and his plan to spend
money on developing coal technology, which if successful would not be
used in Australia's current coal-burning power stations, is a confused,
inadequate, contradictory policy which will fail to win voters concerned
by global warming.

"The Latham and Howard announcements will steer voters concerned about
the nation's environment to the Greens," Senator Brown said.


More information: Katrina Willis 02 6277 3170 or 0419 704 095;
Margaret Blakers in Washington 0419 877 325  







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