Labor challenged over Tasmania's forests

[Cr David Risstrom]

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Labor challenged over Tasmania's forests
 
"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," said Melbourne City Councillor and Greens Senate
candidate, David Risstrom yesterday.
 
³Opposition leader Mark Latham's speech on the environment shows he won't
save any of Victoria and Tasmania's threatened iconic forests and wildlife
from obliteration, Cr Risstrom said.

"We will never support anything which by default endorses chainsaws in
Victorian catchment areas and their native forests.
 
³Logging Victoria's catchment areas, like The Thomson, dramatically reduces
water yields. Considering the federal government recently acknowledged the
important role our forests play in preserving our water resources, it is
amazing that they don't stop the logging.
 
"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, and will come
too late.

"Prime Minister Howard has refused to ratify Kyoto. And his plan to spend
money on developing coal technology, which would not be used in Australia's
current coal-burning power stations, is a fuzzy, inadequate and
contradictory plan which will fail to stem global warming.² said Cr
Risstrom.

Gemma Pinnell, Australian Greens candidate for Melbourne claims Melbourne
residents have already spoken, and that the government is ignoring their
demands.
 
"I hope the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader's announcements will shine
light on their true stance - and bring voters who are concerned about our
forests to the Greens,"  Ms Pinnell said.
 
³Melbourne residents have voiced their desire to save the environment
through their support of  recycling and tree-planting initiatives. It is
time the government stopped ignoring the community, cutting down our future,
and got behind us on this,² Ms Pinnell said.
 
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