[Greens-Media] Greens preference move in Bass and Braddon

[Bennett, Ebony (Sen B. Brown)]

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

Greens preference move in Bass and Braddon

Greens Leader Bob Brown says that the Greens are set to preference
neither Labor nor Liberal, but leave the choice to voters in the key
marginal seats of Bass and Braddon.

"The final decision will be made closer to the election, but Kevin
Rudd's sellout of Tasmania's native forests and wildlife yesterday, and
endorsement of the polluting Gunns pulp mill, will see many Labor votes
go to the Greens and removed a key opportunity for Labor to win Greens
preferences," Senator Brown said.

"Rudd's $20 million to the loggers, on top of John Howard's
multi-million dollar fostering of the chainsaws over recent years,
compares with zero for protecting forests and zero commitment to a
forest protection policy. The $8 million to protect the forest industry
from climate change, fostered by an industry which logs and burns
forests and puts massive tonnages of greenhouse gases in to the
atmosphere each year, is illogical and perverse," Senator Brown said.

"Rudd has not allocated a cent to protecting the organic farmers, the
grape growers, the wine makers, tourism operators or the fishing
industries from the impacts of climate change caused by the burning of
forests - or the impact of pollution from the proposed pulp mill in the
Tamar Valley. The Greens will go to the election offering the clean
green alternative to the forest destroying and polluting policies of
both John Howard and Kevin Rudd."

"I am very concerned for Peter Garrett," Senator Brown added.

"The man must be going through internal agony. It is the Little Red
Riding Hood syndrome, which I warned him about, that he is now
suffering," Senator Brown said.

Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603.


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