MEDIA RELEASE July 8th 2009
Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has misled Parliament and should be relieved of his portfolio.“It’s time for the Prime Minister to cut Burke loose. Not only is Burke a...
View ArticleJobs jobs jobs! How many new pulp mill jobs?
Introduction - Why jobs? Creation of new jobs is the central pillar in the case for winning the hearts and minds of Tasmanians for Gunns’ proposed pulp mill. Gunns’ CEO John Gay said the “mill would...
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News paper published by TAP Into A Better Tasmania
Here is the online copy of the first edition [Summer 09/2010] of TAP's newspaper. You can download a pdf of the four A3 sized pages at the bottom and print off copies. Its purpose is to detail in...
View ArticleMedia release 21 June 2010, Forest talks set to fail
“Private discussions between environmentalists and forest industry groups to solve conflict over logging in the State are doomed to fail if the wide-ranging concerns of the public are not considered”,...
View ArticleOpen letter to Premier Bartlett re pulp mill concerns of TAP Into A Better...
Dear Premier,Following your impromptu meeting with TAP members at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery on Friday 2 July, we wish to explain further our concerns and what we believe is required to...
View ArticlePublic opinion poll. Gunns' planned pulp mill on the nose for voters
Sunday 1 August 2010. TAP media release "Internal polling of the northern Tasmanian 63 telephone district shows a clear majority of the electorate is less likely to vote for a political party that...
View ArticleA smelly tale of foul odour - Odour Advisory
IntroductionCEO of Gunns Ltd, Greg L’Estrange told ABC Stateline (25.10.10) that Gunns would work “with the community so they understood what the pulp mill facility planned for the Tamar Valley is”.We...
View ArticleTAP Briefing Paper: Why The Community Isn’t Buying The Big Sell
This is a briefing paper on the current debate over the future of Tasmanian forestry and Gunns’ planned pulp mill prepared by TAP Into A Better Tasmania, November 2010. A pdf is available for...
View ArticleKey issues
Impacts of plantations for the proposed pulp mill The expanding area of plantations intended to feed the proposed pulp mill, is already having a major impact on the state.Waterread more
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