31-8-07

 

Letter to the Southern Courier

 

Garrett needs to take stand on Pulp Mill

 

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An ABC web site headline declared on Friday, “Garrett still on the fence over pulp mill”. It referred to the current controversial Tasmanian proposal.

 

Apparently Peter “…understands why people may have concerns over the independent assessment of the proposed pulp mill”.

 

Then he is reported him as saying “…I'm certainly not going to criticise the process outright."

 

Lets face it. You could also read this as actually saying “…I'm certainly not going to criticise anything a Tasmanian Labor State Government wants to do that could hurt the environment."

 

In this time of intense environmental awareness Australians surely expect something more assertive from the Opposition Environment spokesperson.

 

Randwick City Greens Councillor

Murray Matson