Gunning for Gunns…

March 6, 2008

Outrage over Tasmanian Government pipe plan

If somebody can offer me an alternative reason to corruption and or stupidity for the Lennon State Government, and remember this is a Labor state government going ahead with the Gunn’s pulp mill in northern Tasmania… courtesy of the former government’s Federal ‘Environment Minister’ Malcolm Turnbull, I look forward to hearing from you.

But now the Lennon State Government are apparently looking at putting well over $60 million into it to; according to the highly respected Kerry O’Brian of the 7:30 Report, “The Government is arguing that massive pipelines shipping water to the mill and effluent away from it could also be used to benefit local communities and businesses, and therefore warrant public funding.”

But you see the local communities and businesses don’t seem to want the Gunn’s pulp mill in their pristine tourist area, an area with an envious lifestyle.

If you view the video footage on the 7:30 Report site you will notice that the protesters could in no way be accused of being ‘radicals’ or members of a ‘rent-a-crowed’. Yet Scott McLean, Tasmanian Secretary, CFMEU said. “Well I thought terrorism had been outlawed in this country and these people are no more than environmental and economical terrorists in my view.” Terrorists? environmental Terrorists!… are you really that bigger wanker Scott?

Get real Scott, the only acts of terrorism and violence which I have seen from Tasmania in relation to the ‘Timber Industry’, has been from your members towards the protesters against cutting down Our trees… so they can be convert it to paper of all things; something that Hemp does much better. And they want to sell the paper to the Japanese, who incidentally are murdering Whales under the guise of Science!

I’m pissed off now… here’s a curious little coincidence. The Japanese gunned down 22 nurses on a beach in Sarawak and before anybody accuses me of racism, forget it, it’s a fact. Another fact is I have nothing against the Japanese, but I do have a problem with those in charge of whatever race or religion who claims to be honorable, when in fact they are obviously not. I do not blame the Japanese per say, but wisely, they are never going to cut down all their trees… which is more than I can say for Scott McLean or Gunnes.

All I ever see in the way of argument for cutting down the trees is jobs and exports… big deal, short term gain for a long term pain. It seems they are worried about employment, hey I can understand that, but when exactly do they intend to stop cutting down trees?

Here’s a solution, it seems to me that Scott McLean’s CFMEU members have the skills sets to, with a little training, become builders of Windmills to produce power for Tasmania and Australia, so why not train them up for new and very much needed environmentally positive employment instead.



Written by Beam · Filed Under Climate, Energy, Environment, People, Political, Sustainability 

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