TENSIONS have begun rising over the Tasmanian forestry industry as the Greens are likely to emerge with the balance of power in a hung parliament.
Subscribe now for unlimited access to all our agricultural news
across the nation
or signup to continue reading
According to The Australian Financial Review, The Wilderness Society argued yesterday that governance of the forest industry and opposition to the $2.2 billion pulp mill proposed by Gunns in the state's north were major issues in the election.
The society's pulp and corporate campaign co-ordinator, Paul Oosting, said his group's polling of Tasmanian voters had shown strong concerns with traditional Labor and Liberal voters over the assessment process for the pulp mill.
Mr Oosting said that repealing state legislation to approve the pulp mill would be a "simple way of addressing the issue", while an independent investigation was needed into the assessment process.
