[Greens-Media] Tas Greens_Where's David? Premier Needs To Explain Mill Backflip_N McKim MP

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Tue Dec 2 16:58:14 EST 2008


WHERE'S DAVID?

Premier Must Front Community to Explain Pulp Mill 'Line in Sand'
Backflip

Nick McKim MP
Greens Leader

Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Contact: State Parliamentary Offices of the Tasmanian Greens, (03) 6233
8300

www.tas.greens.org.au


The Tasmanian Greens today demanded that Premier David Bartlett front up
to the Tasmanian community to explain his failure to hold to his "line
in the sand" on further government support for Gunns Ltd's pulp mill
after Forestry Tasmania yesterday extended its Wood Supply Agreement
with Gunns Ltd for a further two years. 

Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said that Mr Bartlett's decision to wash his
hands of responsibility for pulp mill wood supply is a failure of
leadership which condemns Tasmania's forests to a low value and
unsustainable future.

"It's hardly surprising that Mr Bartlett is running and hiding given his
breach of faith with the Tasmanian community, but a real leader would
front up and explain why he has reneged on his promises," Mr McKim said.

"Mr Bartlett has stood by and allowed Forestry Tasmania to lock in a low
value, low return future for our forests when he should have shown
leadership and ensured that all other options were assessed including
reservation and carbon sequestration."

"The future of Tasmania's forests is one of our most important public
policy areas and decisions should be made by elected representatives,
not unaccountable bureaucrats."

"Forestry Tasmania exists to implement government policy, not to set it.
Mr Bartlett is accountable to the community and paid to make the tough
decisions, and he should be doing that rather than washing his hands of
responsibility." 

"Sadly Mr Bartlett is proving himself as just another in a long line of
chainsaw-driven Labor Premiers who have overseen the destruction of our
globally significant carbon rich forests to satisfy Tasmania's timber
barons."





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