Dreem on,

I notice that PH who agrees with you is a "nice chap" and cinders who disagrees with you, and whose party is aligned with the greens, must be corrupt.

"Peter Henning, who is by no means an extremist of any sort", posts extremist rubbish with no pretense of objectivity. A review of his articles reveal tirade after tirade against the Gunns project, so much so, that I doubt he has anything else to talk about.

Scuttling of the RPDC process by the Lennon Government was a clear demonstration that legitimate concerns have been swept under the carpet. The RPDC was concerned about some aspects of the proposed new mill, and when Gunns Management had a tantrum, the RPDC process was halted. Farmers and fishermen of the Tamar Valley are being dubbed as extremists; as are other people with genuine concerns.

The credibility of the process is now in question.

The comment is often made that only extremist Greens question the Pulp Mill: however, a number of Mayors, Deputy Mayors and Aldermen of the Tamar Valley do not support the mill.

Ant,

I agree that "The credibility of the process is now in question."

The continuously repeated requests to re evaluate the information and begin new studies meant that 2 1/2 years and many $m later the process was in disarray and no closer to reaching a conclusion.

As it became increasingly clear that the greens had no intention of allowing the process to reach a conclusion, the only option was to concede to the greens that they had the ability to stop any industry in Tasmania or take the action they did to restore credibility to the state to be able to take rational decisions.

Shadow Minister, the proper process of evaluating the Pulp Mill by the RPDC was halted by the Lennon Government. The decision to scrap the RPDC by Lennon was made on the basis of Gunns stating they would pull out of the Mill proposal; the RPDC process was being too thorough in it's scientific investigations. Due process went out the window when the RPDC process was curtailed. Since the original assessment was halted,any further positive comment from the proponent of the mill has been met with skepticism not just from Greens.

Farmers, fishermen, and Mayors and Aldermen from various Tamar Councils are marginalised by comments saying it's only Greens who have grave reservations about the Mill.

Ant,

"the RPDC process was being too thorough in it's scientific investigations" is understating the issue somewhat.

The company had spent years researching the EPA requirements and the technology required to meet it prior to the RPDC, and in an mature industry whose processes are an open book, the endless requests for new studies 2 1/2 years into the RPDC process is way beyond thorough and far into simply obstructive, and added very little to the process.

The objectives of the greens was not to make it environmentally safe, but to stop it at all costs.

The process was halted by the gov because the process had been diverted by the greens from setting safe conditions to an endless "bleed Gunns dry" process.

Any business wanting to build any plant in the future is viewing the RPDC process with suspicion, and the Tasman example has not put the greens in a good light.