Brown puts pulp mill opposition to Chandler
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown has today written to Mr Richard Chandler, the new investor in Gunns Ltd, recommending he look at better investment opportunities in Tasmania than the unpopular pulp mill proposal in the Tamar Valley.
Government confirms AFP spying on coal seam gas protesters
Minister Joe Ludwig, representing the Attorney General in the Senate, confirmed in Question Time today that the Australia Federal Police monitors coal seam gas protesters and that the government outsources some intelligence gathering to private consultants.
Greens to raise Solar Flagships in Estimates
Following today's announcement by Minister Martin Ferguson that one of two Solar Flagships projects will be reopened, Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne, said:
"There have been concerns raised about the Solar Flagships program from initial design through to now, adding to the urgency for getting the statutory independent ARENA and CEFC off the ground.
Is Forestry Tasmania in China selling forests at a loss?
Following a report last week that the only market for Tasmanian woodchips is China, but that the Chinese market will only be accessible at rock-bottom prices, Forestry Tasmania needs to explain why it is seeking yet another failed, debt-ridden deal.
Supermarket duopoly: Time for Libs, Nats and Labor to put up
A motion to be tabled today by the Australian Greens gives the government and opposition parties an opportunity to move from rhetoric to action to rein in the Coles Woolworths supermarket duopoly.
Government misleads World Heritage Committee on Tasmanian logging
The Australian Government has lodged a report with the World Heritage Committee that misrepresents the extent of logging in forest surrounding the Tasmanian World Heritage Area, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said today.
Ferguson’s predictable Solar Flagships mess shows need for ARENA
The ongoing problems with Round 1 of the Solar Flagships scheme have long been a concern to industry, the Greens and others, and reinforce the need for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to run round 2 independently.
Greens propose plan for fairer superannuation, reform of $30b in tax breaks
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown today released the Greens’ proposal to be put to the Superannuation Roundtable recently established by the Government after talks with the Greens.
FT a millstone around Tasmania’s neck
Today's review of Forestry Tasmania confirms the government enterprise is a failed business enterprise and shows viable overseas markets for pulp wood have dried up as the Greens predicted back in the early 1990s, Australian Greens Acting Leader Christine Milne said today.