[Greens-Media] Tas Greens_Pulp Mill Wood Supply Deal Erases
Bartlett's 'Line in the Sand'_N McKim MP
greens at parliament.tas.gov.au
GREENS at parliament.tas.gov.au
Mon Dec 1 16:57:35 EST 2008
PULP MILL WSA EXTENSION WASHES AWAY BARTLETT'S LINE IN SAND
Failure of Leadership as Community Division Entrenched
Nick McKim MP
Greens Leader
Monday, 1 December 2008
Contact: State Parliamentary Offices of the Tasmanian Greens, (03) 6233
8300
www.tas.greens.org.au
The Tasmanian Greens today described Premier David Bartlett's decision
to allow Forestry Tasmania to extend its Pulp Mill Wood Supply Agreement
(WSA) with Gunns Ltd as a massive failure of leadership which has
condemned the Tasmanian community to years of division and
confrontation.
Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said that the decision has extended
government support for the mill and therefore erased Mr Bartlett's line
in the sand and compromised his reputation and credibility.
"True leaders work to heal divisions and bring communities together, but
Mr Bartlett has now ensured ongoing confrontation and disagreement over
the pulp mill and Tasmania's forests," Mr McKim said.
"Mr Bartlett has stood and watched as his line in the sand has been
washed away, and in a massive leadership failure he has refused to take
responsibility for the future of our magnificent carbon rich forests."
"This decision has massive long term implications for Tasmania's future,
and should have been made by politicians who are accountable to the
community rather than the unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats in
Forestry Tasmania."
Mr McKim said that Tasmania's forests should have been assessed for
carbon value prior to any decision being made to extend the WSA.
"The extension of this deal allows Tasmania's high conservation value
forests to continue to be destroyed for woodchips instead of being
assessed for their worth as carbon sinks."
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