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Lennon's New Tasmania : Comments
By Peter Henning, published 14/4/2008There is a political-corporate-union-business alliance in Tasmania that has given Gunns the green light for its pulp mill.
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Under Lennon's changes when Gunns pulled out, the Tasmanian Parliament, which is made up of elected representatives, elected under a democracy, had to make the decision on the pulp mill.
Henning and his minions don't like the pulp mill. Fair enough, but there are a lot of Tasmanians that do. And it is no use quibbling about the process when we had all our elected representatives, who were representing the will of the people, make the decision.
The recent Federal election was a great opportunity for Tasmanians and Australians to make the point about the pulp mill, especially as Bob Brown said any vote for Labour and Liberals was a vote for the pulp mill. Guess what, the electorate has spoken.
A lot of Tasmanians are sick of the likes of Henning et al purportedly representing most Tasmanians when they clearly don't. The fact that opponents of the pulp mill commission push-polling and invite celebrities who know nothing of the issue, to try and support their position, shows their desperation to enforce their minority will over the majority in an undemocratic fashion.