Pulp Mill

Federal Minister Peter Garrett’s decision to effectively give Gunn’s an extension of two more years to do the hydro dynamic modelling in Bass Strait is a body blow to Tasmanians and puts the pulp mill squarely on the 2010 federal election agenda, Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne said today.

“It has been obvious from day one that a chlorine dioxide bleaching pulp mill would pollute Bass Strait and that tertiary treatment would be required,” Senator Milne said. “Gunn’s has had since 2004 to prove otherwise but has failed to do so.”

The Rudd Government has treated the Tasmanian community with contempt by announcing its 'approve first, ask questions later' pulp mill policy two  days after its Community Cabinetmeeting in the Tamar Valley, Australian  Greens climate change spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne, said today.

Peter Garrett has signed off on the road kill element of the Gunns Pulp Mill's Environmental Impact Management Plan despite the process and data being fatally flawed, missing numerous animals including three Tasmanian devils.

The Federal Environment Department has finally agreed to release a key report on the Gunns' pulp mill, as long as Gunns does not appeal within the next 30 days.

Environment Minister Peter Garrett has given Gunns another unnecessary lifeline for their Pulp Mill after the company's failure to meet legislative deadlines in the assessment process, Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne said today.

Australian Greens climate change spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne, today used a Matter of Public Importance debate in the Senate to call once again for the release of the Herzfeld Report into the proposed Gunns Pulp Mill's likely pollution impacts and the need for tertiary treatment of its waste.

Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne today called on Federal Minister Peter Garrett to draw the same line under the Pulp Mill that Premier David Bartlett has promised, and to help Tasmania regain its global edge as a clean, green and clever state.

The Federal Government and Opposition joined forces in the Senate today to block Greens' Senator Christine Milne's motion to release documents related to the Gunns Pulp Mill under Freedom of Information.

Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne today called on Environment Minister Peter Garrett to release a CSIRO report relating to Gunns' intention to dump 64,000 tonnes of effluent into Bass Strait per day and the probabilities of it exceeding the allowable effluent concentration.

The Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong, has ignored Australia's logging and burning of native forests as a critical contribution to global warming in her Sydney speech to loggers today, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.