Burke's Appointment Of Kelty Is Totally Inappropriate

Tony Burke's appointment of Bill Kelty to act as facilitator of the 'Tasmanian Forests Statement Of Principles' is totally inappropriate, and could easily be a 'conflict of interest'.
Firstly, 'the Statement' has nothing to do with Tony Burke's portfolio as Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. It may sound like it has, but Burke is still overseeing the EPBC act which is the 'environment' part of the portfolio. Thats what he is using to assess Gunns pulp mill. Both Garrett and Turnbull told us they could not act on Tasmania's forests because they were constrained by this act. We were told for decades that logging in Tasmania's forests was 'sustainable'. Is Tony Burke now calling every State and Federal government for decades liars?
In the 'terms of reference' Tony Burke sent to Bill Kelty
(available here) he said "the intent of the Statement is to protect native forests and develop a strong sustainable timber industry in Tasmania'. So why wasn't forestry minister Senator Joe Ludwig driving the appointment? Obviously Ludwig is too close to Kevin Rudd and can't be trusted by the Julia Gillard-Michael O'Connor-Tony Burke constellation.
The really worrying aspect of this appointment is the potential for conflict of interest. After all, Burke was still carrying out the assessment of Gunns pulp mill when he selected Kelty. Within days Kelty was discussing Gunns pulp mill over coffee at Salamanca with Alec Marr. The Statement of Principles defines a single pulp mill with a single proponent. All Tasmanians know there has only been one proposal for six years for this pulp mill. After ten months of working on the 'Statement' the participants are still unable to define what other proposal they could be referring to. Its now on the record that a Minister already pinged for plagiarising from Gunns web site in Parliament, may have breached a critical 'conflict of interest' ethical standard. He should be sacked.