The News Review:
- Tasmanian aborigines join protest over NT plans
- Royal Mary’s baby bracelet
- LGGING ACTIVITIES THREATEN WRLD HERITAGE VALUES
- Fortescue Metals’ railway woes continue
- Partners fall out on Bass gas plan
- WILL ‘GRUMPY’ GUNNS GET LESS STRINGENT PULP MILL MNITRING?
- Court case of former Deputy Premier resumes
Tasmanian aborigines join protest over NT plans
ABC Regional nline – ABC Regional nline – Jun 27, 2007
Speakers included Greens Leader Bob Brown and the Legal Director of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Michael Mansell. Sara Maynard from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says the Premier Paul Lennon should withdraw Tasmania’s commitment to send two police officers to support the Prime Minister’s emergency response plan. “The aboriginal community are just in disbelief that members of the Tasmanian Parliament would actually show support by sending police up to the Northern Territory” Ms Maynard said. “We call upon Paul Lennon to change his mind and not send anyone because he’s not only doing wrong things by the aboriginal people here he’s doing the wrong thing by aboriginal people.
Royal Mary’s baby bracelet
NEWS.com.au – Jun 27, 2007
Tasmanian-born Princess Mary gave birth to her second child on April 21 – the first girl born into Denmark’s royal family since 1946. The gold bracelet was yesterday officially handed to Mr Lennon by Hobart jeweller Diane Allison. The design features Tasmanian apple seeds which are paired to form the shape of Tasmania. Share this article… Tasmanian-born Princess Mary gave birth to her second child on April 21 – the first girl born into Denmark’s royal family since 1946. The gold bracelet was yesterday officially handed to Mr Lennon by Hobart jeweller Diane Allison. The design features Tasmanian apple seeds which are paired to form the shape of Tasmania. Share this article.
LGGING ACTIVITIES THREATEN WRLD HERITAGE VALUES
Tasmanian Greens – Jun 27, 2007
Greens Deputy Leader Nick McKim MHA who tabled the motion said that the UNESC decision to send a delegation is an international embarrassment for Tasmania that threatens our clean green reputation. “Many of the areas in Tasmania’s southern forests which are being unsustainably harvested should actually be inside the World Heritage Area and I hope that the UNESC delegation makes a recommendation to that effect. “All logging activities which threaten the values of the Tasmanian Wilderness WHA including roading must be halted immediately at least until the UNESC delegation has made its report. “Continuing to log these contentious areas prior to the arrival of the UNESC delegation will be to demonstrate contempt for the entire United Nations’ World Heritage program” Mr McKim said… Greens Deputy Leader Nick McKim MHA who tabled the motion said that the UNESC decision to send a delegation is an international embarrassment for Tasmania that threatens our clean green reputation. “Many of the areas in Tasmania’s southern forests which are being unsustainably harvested should actually be inside the World Heritage Area and I hope that the UNESC delegation makes a recommendation to that effect. “All logging activities which threaten the values of the Tasmanian Wilderness WHA including roading must be halted immediately at least until the UNESC delegation has made its report. “Continuing to log these contentious areas prior to the arrival of the UNESC delegation will be to demonstrate contempt for the entire United Nations’ World Heritage program” Mr McKim said.
Fortescue Metals’ railway woes continue
The Age – Jun 27, 2007
Fairfax Media is the owner of The Age. Mr Walker said Mr Savage had experience across consumer and retail businesses the resources sector IT and the internet and financial services. Beach-Anzon deal overALINTA is looking for alternative gas supplies for its planned Tamar Valley power station in Tasmania after a deal with Beach Petroleum and Anzon Australia lapsed. The agreement fell through after Beach and Anzon said they would delay the development of the gas phase of their Basker Manta and Gummy fields in the Gippsland Basin off the Victorian coast. The move has put a major obstacle in the way of the energy utility’s plans for the station which was supposed to receive gas via the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline. "Alinta has now begun a full assessment of the options available to it following the lapsing of what was a key contractual arrangement for the proposed 200-megawatt power station" Alinta said in a statement. Alinta Energy executive general manager Jim Hennessy said options for the project now included building it in stages or deferring until a new gas supply agreement could be negotiated with other producers.
Partners fall out on Bass gas plan
The Australian – Jun 27, 2007
Investment in the two stations was estimated at $330 million. Alinta said yesterday the gas supply was a key contractual arrangement for the 200MW baseload station which would have been operating by early 2009. The National Energy Market Management Company said yesterday Tasmania could meet its energy needs at least until the end of this decade but in the next decade it was certain to need new power-generation investment. The change of heart by the Basker-Manta partners seems to have followed a difference of opinion on due diligence between executives of Anzon and Beach. The Alinta deal is understood to have been subject to a final investment decision on developing the gas leg but a final investment decision was not agreed to by the partners. The underlying issue is understood to be Beach’s reluctance to be overexposed on Basker-Manta which is Anzon’s main project. In a statement to the stock exchange the two companies said they chose to delay their decision about the gas phase after looking further at what developing oil production would involve.
WILL ‘GRUMPY’ GUNNS GET LESS STRINGENT PULP MILL MNITRING?
Tasmanian Greens – Jun 27, 2007
Greens pposition Leader Peg Putt MHA believes that Gunns’ habit of getting grumpy has allowed them to push Government around led to Tasmania’s most senior public servant being delegated as intermediary between the company and the RPDC and has already resulted in their being obliged with a fast track assessment as an alternative to the independent RPDC process after they spat the dummy on that. The Greens are concerned that the insertion of the highest levels of Government into the middle of a supposedly independent assessment process has been inappropriate. “The Premier admits that Gunns representatives can fairly be characterised as grumpy and it is clear to all Tasmanians that their tantrum throwing behaviour has yielded the result of fast track assessment rather than completing the RPDC’s more stringent assessment requirements but the Premier would not guarantee that the operational monitoring regimen over which Gunns made their threats will now be insisted upon” Ms Putt said. “The prospect of the precautionary principle being applied to air noise and liquid effluent emissions monitoring made Gunns threaten to ‘get grumpy’ but this is vital and the level of proposed monitoring is of great concern especially as we know Gunns is tightening their belt on mill financing and complained that such a strict monitoring regime was too costly… “The prospect of the precautionary principle being applied to air noise and liquid effluent emissions monitoring made Gunns threaten to ‘get grumpy’ but this is vital and the level of proposed monitoring is of great concern especially as we know Gunns is tightening their belt on mill financing and complained that such a strict monitoring regime was too costly. “All Paul Lennon said was that some sort of monitoring would occur and that is an evasion of the core question. “It has become clear that Tasmania’s senior public servant has been delegated over some years to play the role of intermediary and agony aunt to Gunns and to molly-coddle this company because of their self-confessed grumpy behaviour. “The Premier refused to confirm that he has the Secretary of his Department as the Gunns gopher and that this explains why she was inserting herself into vital RPDC-Gunns communications in March. “We say that it is completely inappropriate for the highest levels of Government to play such a role in what is supposed to be an entirely independent assessment process and neither should the resources of taxpayers have been expended in the preparation of Gunns’ Integrated Impact Statement. ” Related Links.
Court case of former Deputy Premier resumes
ABC nline – ABC nline – Jun 27, 2007
The charges against Green relate to a deal he signed with the Tasmanian Compliance Corporation in the lead up the last State election. He has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and interfering with an executive officer. Former Labor Minister John White has pleaded not guilty to the same charges. Green’s former advisor Guy Nicholson has denied a single charge of conspiracy. This morning’s court hearing before the Chief Justice Peter Underwood has involved a discussion about the meaning of the word “interfere”.