'The Forest Peace Deal Is Between The Government And Itself'

'The Forest Peace Deal Is Between The Government And Itself'. Now why would I say that? Consider that all of the 'industry' participants in the forest talks are either customers or contractors of Forestry Tasmania, and that Forestry Tasmania is a government-owned business. That puts most of them in the government corner. That means the only 'threat' to Tasmania's public native forests is from the government itself. Add a couple (literally) of 'environmental' participants, that were selected to represent government political interests such as Labor and the Greens, and they all end-up in the same corner. There simply are no other interests involved. All independent representation and all community representation was excluded. Thats my conclusion, and if you are still reading I'll describe why and how I made it. Gunns once harvested 85% of public native forest tonnage in Tasmania. 18 months ago the Gunns CEO said they were through with native forest harvesting. That came as a shock to all sides of the debate. Under FSC certification they did not even have to go that far. This free-bouncing political football was quickly picked-up by some opportunistic politicians who had just been forced into a marriage of convenience.
They decided they were going to use it to cement this 'match made in heaven' and get some big political points on the board. And all at John Gays expense. The Greens and Labor are effectively the same party in Tasmania at the moment. They have spun this as much as possible but at the end of the day the Greens future is now chained to Labor's future. Its just a little too convenient for the Greens to be in cabinet for the glory but not for the mistakes, and God knows, Labor makes them. So do the Greens. They actually overlap much more than people think. Which Greens minister is an ex-Labor staffer again? Then we have the other Green 'revolving door' between the party and the environment groups. I believe I can produce evidence that the Wilderness Society negotiator and the Environment Tasmania negotiator were being paid from the same account. At least initially. When all the maps were spread-out on Christine Milne's desk it was made very clear that only compliant environmentalists should apply. Definitely no professionals were needed. Thats why there was not a single scientist or professional in this so called peace agreement. In politics there is a saying 'never have an inquiry unless you know the outcome'. In fact, never even ask a question unless you know the answer. Why should we believe this so called 'peace in the forests' agreement would be any different? Look at who was involved? Wasn't Paul Lennon involved? Isn't this the most corrupt industry ever in Tasmania, if not Australia. Nothing has changed with a few Greens in cabinet. Where the money actually goes will be very interesting because it is effectively a Labor-Green Federal handout for a Labor-Green state government, with a lot of self-glorification heaped on top. Think 'this is one for the new believers' and similar grandstanding. Even though its my taxpayer money I no longer care. One of the things that drives me is when I see that people want to desperately shut me up. I'm not lying when I say certain people have done everything they can to suppress what you have just read.