[Greens-Media] Logical loggers would pursue class action against Gunns - Brown

[Bennett, Ebony (Sen B. Brown)]

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Logical loggers would pursue class action against Gunns - Brown

Threats by logging supremos to use legal action against citizens giving up their time and money to protect some of the world's grandest forest in Tasmania should be redirected to Gunns, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said in Canberra today.

"These loggers, like Gunns, are featherbedded by huge taxpayer subsidies. And they are destroying an asset which is a multi-billion dollar hedge against global warming," Senator Brown said.

The Federal Court has also established that, at Wielangta, logging is threatening rare and endangered wildlife species.

"However," Senator Brown said, "if the Forest Contractors Association really are considering a class action it should be against Gunns Ltd for all the contractors and sub-contractors who have gone to the wall when Gunns failed to keep them employed."

"This is a much clearer argument for FCA to take on," Senator Brown said.

"A class action on behalf of all the jobless Scottsdale mill workers would also make more sense," Senator Brown said.

Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603


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Ebony Bennett
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Senator Bob Brown | Leader of the Australian Greens 
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