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11/02/09  Global financial meltdown haunts the huge Australian woodchip trade to North Asia. Australian Forests & Timber News - Our highlighting

Waste National 12/01/09  Boost to wood export industries Media Statement - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Waste National 08/01/09  It's time to stop and get off the Gunns pulp mill merry-go-round Bob McMahon The Age Opinion

Waste National 08/01/09  Delay on SA lakes flood Tom Arup The Age South Australia;

Waste National 06/01/09  Finance doubts for mill Tom Arup The Age - with Andrew Darby Tasmania;

Waste National 05/01/09  Health risk for over-medicated elderly Julie Robotham The Age

Waste National 05/01/09 Garrett shoots down Gunns hopes on pulp mill / Blow for Gunns planned $2.2 billion Tasmanian pulp mill. Ben Cubby The Age Breaking News / smh.com.au, with AAP

2008  

 30/12/08 Coalition targets carbon policy gap Katharine Murphy The Age

August

23/08/08 10,000 marchers target mill MARK WORLEY, The Mercury Tasmania; Related

23/08/08 Gunns' deadline dramas NICK CLARK The Mercury our highlighting Tasmania;

22/08/08 Gunns 'unlikely' to meet mill deadline The Age Business / AAP Tasmania;

22/08/08 Milne denied access to study on effluent MICHELLE PAINE, The Mercury

21/08/08 Gunns shares in trading halt The Mercury

20/08/08  Gunns' stocks keep sliding NICK CLARK The Mercury, Hobart Tasmania;

16/08/08 Gunns to pull trigger on assets, The Age Business links Tasmania;

State Forests 13/06/08 Reminder on costs in Gunns Legal contest - The Age, Letters Victoria; Tasmania;   

  May  

Parched forests get an overdue drink, Melissa Fyfe, The Age Murray Basin May 08 our highlighting  

March   

26/03/08 Climate change seen as last nail in coffin for native fauna Chee Chee Leung, The Age  

Climate National 15/02/08 'Efficiency and forestry' key to cuts Matthew Warren, Environment writer The Australian; Related

13/02/08 Green groups say ‘no’ to forest furnace power Media release CHIPSTOP

Forests National 03/01/08 "End woodchipping to stop climate change," say conservationists Media Release Chipstop Links

03/01/08 Maiden voyage breaks record Eden Magnet East Gippsland and Goolengook Tasmania; Victoria; New South Wales Comment

10/12/07 Native title agreement made in Daintree The Age Queensland; Dec 07

05/12/07 Rudd takes loggers to Bali Senator Bob Brown

20/11/07 Uniting against the mill Richard Flanagan, The Age our highlighting

18/11/07 One who sees the wood and the trees Philip Hopkins, The Age Business

18/11/07 Gunns might yet find the miller's tale has an unhappy ending James Kirby, The Sunday Age Business

14/11/07 Our rivers and gum trees must not be allowed to die, The Age Editorial

14/11/07 Murray gums dying at a rate of knots Adam Morton, The Age

 National Climate 11/11/07 Key questions to ask before judging climate change policies Brendan Mackey, The Age Our highlighing 

Environmental activist berates John Howard Peter Williams, AAP / Herald Sun Northern Territory; Nov 07; our highlighting

National Climate 04/11/07 Watchdog sees red over claims Peter Weekes, The Sunday Age, Business Day

30/10/07 Native trees key to cooling climate, Dani Cooper,ABC, Science Online Links

Victoria 22/10/07 Firebreaks pretty useless: green groups, AAP Victoria;

 19/10/07 Forest idealists blinkered in their thinking on wood needs Catherine Murphy , Chief Executive NAFI, Business Age Links

Gunns and Forestry Tasmania agree on logging Andrew Darby, Hobart, The Age Tasmania; Oct 07 related our highlighting

17/10/07 Coalition, Labor fail green test  ABC News Online

11/10/07 Gunns' double-barrelled dilemma The Age Business Day, Opinion Tasmania; our highlighting

11/10/07 Giant WA gas project gets green light Rebecca Le May, AAP Western Australia our highlighting

 10/10/07 How can voters decide on Rudd's unknown vision?John Roskam, The Age Opinion our highlighting

Forests State  09/10/07 A reputation shredded Malcolm Maiden, The Age our highlighting

Forests State   09/10/07 Pratt: the confessions of a multi-billionaire Leonie Wood, The Age Page One our highlighting

08/10/07 Pre-1788 Aborigines 'lived in houses'  AAP Queensland; Tasmania; Victoria; South West

 06/10/07  Labor: the party without a shadow THE AGE

04/10/07 New forests 'could capture gases' Matthew Warren and Jill Rowbotham, The Australian

National Climate 04/10/07 How we can save ourselves Tim Flannery The Age, Opinion

Water National 03/10/07 Magazine defends climate change article AAP The Age Queensland; Northern Territory; our highlighting

02/10/07 Turnbull in trouble on mill pledge Andrew Darby, Hobart, The Age Tasmania; Oct 07

30/09/07 Experts call for return of the natives Hannah Edwards, The Age, Life and Style

30/09/07 Big game has a big environmental impact Hannah Edwards, Environment Reporter, The Age

30/09/07 Bye-bye birdies: 45 species feeling the heat John Elder, The Age

20/09/07 Ask new ANZ CEO not to support Gunn's pulp mill ; Letter From :- Luke Chamberlain, TWS; Tasmania; Sept 07

18/09/07 128 scientists voice mill fears; Andrew Darby, The Age Tasmania; Sept 07

Rudd may help pay for SA desal plant  AAP South Australia; Sept 07

07/08/07 Save the forests: they are crucial to reducing carbon dioxide Brendan Mackey, The Age , Opinion our highlighting

05/08/07 Tree planting 'does little to offset emissions' smh.com.au our highlighting

31/05/07 PARLIAMENT RAP OVER THE KNUCKLES FOR APRIL FOOLS JOKER, CHIPSTOP; New South Wales

16/05/07 Tasmania is the key to Labor making up lost ground on forests, The Age, Opinion Tasmania; May 07

National News 29/03/07 Howard ignores own backyard in global forests plan; Media release Tasmanian Wilderness Society Tasmania; March 07

29/03/07 Greens slam PM over forest fund ABC On-Line Australia Indonesia

29/03/07 Timber DNA profiles reduce market for illegal logging, Philip Hopkins. The Age, Business Singapore ; Indonesia

Climate National 28/03/07 Climate zones to disappear , James Randerson, London, Guardianp; Andes, Indonesia ; Brazil; African Rift Mountains, Zambian and Angolan highlands, South African Cape region, south-east Australia, Himalayas and the Arctic

National News 15/03/07 GUNNS PULP MILL FIASCO; MEDIA RELEASE TWS Alec Marr; Tasmania; March 07

07/03/07 EL GRANDE, AUSTRALIA’S MOST MASSIVE TREE TOPPLES- TWS MEDIA RELEASE

12/02/07 Face the burning question, By Bruce Esplin, Dick Williams and Ross Bradstock, The Age, Opinion

10/02/07 Gunns ordered to pay doctors group's legal costs. ABC News

 07/02/07 Tax Office planning MIS tax crackdown, ABC Rural NSW

 22/01/07 Canberra cuts down timber standard, Michael Spencer, The Age, Business,

17/01/07 Forest policy needs a national prism, Michael Spencer, The Age, Business

16/01/07 Facts, furphies and bushfire management, The Age - Letters ,

Professor Ross Bradstock, centre for environmental risk management of bushfires, University of Wollongong and Dr Dick Williams, CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Darwin

08/01/07 Need for the facts to fight deadly fires, The Age Letters ATHOL Hodgson

02/01/07 Locking up forests increases risk of fires, Catherine Murphy, chief executive officer of the National Association of Forest Industries.

02/01/07 Green kayaker attempts Sydney to Hobart, The Age

27/12/06 Trees don't start fires- More management of forests does not necessarily make them less fireprone. Gavan McFadzean. The Age Opinion

18/12/06 Locking up precious forest areas is playing with fire, Catherine Murphy, CEO NAFI; SMH

18/10/06 Laws 'threaten endangered animals' AAP

12/10/06 Govt to cut red tape for developments, AAP

11/10/06 Government to overhaul environment act, AAP

11/10/06 Firefighters turn to ocean, The Age

10/10/06 Suspicious blaze burning in Prom Reko Rennie, The Age

09/10/06 Perth dreaming, Kenneth Nguyen, The Age Western Australia

05/10/06 Government to appeal Noongar decision, The Age , AAP Western Australia

05/10/06 Cardboard war gets more intense on several fronts Leonie Wood, The Age Business

01/10/06 Popularity of cardboard king warps under scrutiny David Potts The Age Business

19/09/06 Farmer planning diesel tree biofuel, AAP

15/09/06 Call to cut tax 'rorts' on agriculture schemes, Katharine Murphy, Canberra, The Age

13/09/06 Coalition split on investment schemes, Katharine Murphy, Canberra, The Age

11/09/06 Cabinet wrangle on forestry tax perks, Michelle Grattan, The Age Business,

 06/09/06 Fire threat grows : Herald-Sun Wimmera; Sept 06; Mallee

01/09/06 Gunns' chips down in profits, -NICK CLARK, The Mercury

17/09/06 Water deals leave farmers in the dry, - Carmel Egan, The Age - our highlighting

 August

 31/08/06    Canberra critics bulldozed: ACF head, By Tim Colebatch, The Age

30/08/06  Minister lines the nests of orange-bellied parrots with $3m - Ben Doherty, The Age Port Phillip; South West; Gippsland; Victoria; South Australia; Tasmania;

29/08/06  Gunns, greenies and the law, Andrew Darby The Age

29/08/06  $3.2m to save orange-bellied parrot The Age , AAP Port Phillip; South West; Gippsland; Victoria; South Australia; Tasmania;

24/08/06 Court blow for Gunns, The Age , AAP

27/08/06 Battle for Baw Baw frog: log it and see - Peter Weekes, The Age Central Highlands August 06

24/08/06 Call for migrant labour angers union , Sydney Morning Herald

23/08/06 Amcor to cut hundreds of Australian jobs, The Age Business, Strezlecki's Central Highlands August 06

22/08/06 PaperlinX says global outlook improving , The Age , Business, Strezlecki's Central Highlands August 06

16/08/06  Forests under threat from global warming, The Age

National 15/08/06  75% of Murray Red Gums Dying in Drought Healthy Rivers Bulletin Murray Basin Aug 06

11/08/06 Possum promiscuity man's fault, The Age

09/08/06 Tarkine: Senate move for World Heritage study - Greens Media

09/08/06 Bid to strip green groups' tax status - The Age

 08/08/06 Gunns Ltd ordered to repay Greens MPs $69,385, - Greens Media Release -

Woodchip protesters chained to conveyer: AAP - Hobart Mercury - Otways ; - July 06

28/06/06 Greens support govt's PNG logging stance, - The Age

28/06/06 'P' for ultimate repellent. Reuters

22/06/06 NSW and Victorian Timber Industry `rail-roaded' by sleeper decision; - National Association of Forest Industries, - Media Release

15/06/06 Trees deal faces axing, -SUE NEALES , Chief Reporter, The Mercury, Tasmania; June 06

15/06/06 Cabinet to order nuclear inquiry, -Katharine Murphy, The Age

02/06/06 Bandicoot count on remote island, Herald Sun Northern Territory;

02/06/06 Snowy sale crashes down, - The Age Mallee; Murray Basin June 06

02/06/06 PM pulling out of Snowy sale,- The Herald Sun - Breaking News Mallee; Murray Basin June 06

Iemma rules out conscience vote on Snowy sale, The Age, Katharine Murphy and Orietta Guerrera June 02, 2006

01/6/06  Japan counts AFS products as legal and sustainable for public procurement -NAFI - News Release June 1, 2006

 Commonwealth Games mascot faces extinction, - theage.com South West May 06 Links 1 

 31/05/06 No obligation to release water , - PAUL SELLARS, The Weekly Times, Mallee; Murray Basin May 06 

31/05/06 Karak need parks -there is no substitute, Mr Thwaites - Media Release -The Wilderness Society, South West May 06 Links 1

31/05/06 HOPE FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES MASCOT - Media release - From the Minister for Environment South West May 06 Links1

 Japan counts AFS products as legal and sustainable for public procurement -NAFI - News Release June 1, 2006

Government double standard threatens Murray’s future - EV Media Release - May 15, 2006

Taxpayer funds used to build new road into Upper Florentine old growth - The Wilderness Society of Tasmania - MEDIA RELEASE - May 15, 2006

12/05/06 Wind farms halted as help dries up, - By Nassim Khadem, The Age May 12, 2006

11/05/06 Red gum wetland forests clearfelled - EV Media Release Murray Basin May 06 : New South Wales May 11, 2006

FEDERAL BUDGET BOOSTS PUBLIC SUBSIDY OF PULP MILL - The Wilderness Society of Tasmania - MEDIA RELEASE May 10, 2006

09/05/06 $500m injection for ailing Murray River, The Age Murray Basin May 06 ; New South Wales

 09/05/06 $500m plan to fix ailing river system, -By Michael Gordon, Brendan Nicholson and Michelle Grattan The Age Murray Basin May 06 

More plants and animals join 'red list' of endangered species, By Stephen Cauchi, The Age May 6, 2006

 April

NAFI should be investigated for its tax deductibility: Greens - From Greens Media - April 2, 2006

 March

Efforts to engage the corporate world in conservation are on song - By Rod Myer - The Age, Business - March 1, 2006

01/03/06 - "Stench" over PM's cover-up on pulp mill- media release - Office of Senator Bob Brown

20/02/06 - Sensitive material cut from climate report - By Liz Minchin - The Age

20/02/06 - INTERNATIONAL REPORT RANKS TASMANIAN LOGGING ALONGSIDE BURMA, THE PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA - MEDIA RELEASE; FOE, TWS, ACF -

27/01/06 - CHIPMILL SHUT DOWN - Media Release

4th Jan 2006 - Amcor warns of 'price-fixing' fallout - Blair Speedy - The Australian

31/12/05 - ITC climbs up the value tree - Philip Hopkins - Business Age on Saturday

22/12/05 - $427 million penalty asked against Richard Pratt and his Visy packaging group - Rod Myer

19/12/05 - Neighbours warned to act on illegal logging - Greg Roberts

13/12/05 - Victorian court recognises native title - AP

12/12/05 Tall timbers thrive on tax breaks, Age Newspaper

11/12/05 - Disease leaves koala pouches empty - Claire Miller, The Sunday Age

9/12/05 - Watchdog moves on cardboard cartel - Leonie Wood, The Age - Business

 6/12/05 - Brown champions beetle in distress Andrew Darby, The Age

18/11/05 - $650m pulp mill boosts minister - Verity Edwards

17/11//05 - SA pulp mill no threat to Gunns - ABC On-line

13/11/05 - Icons under threat: The Murray - By Melissa Fyfe - The Age

10/11//05 Plantation industry not to blame for rural decline, - By Catherine Clifford, NT Country Hour Summary- ABC Rural

26/10/05 - Carter Holt slashes profit forecast

25/10/05 Fix timber crisis in one fell swoop. - Gavan McFadzean Victorian Campaigns Manager for The Wilderness Society - Businesss Age, Letters

07/10/05 - PM's $4m poll deal with union - Brad Norington. The Australian

07/10/05 - Revealed: how Howard's $4m trumped Latham's $800m, with the loggers cheering -Bob Brown , The Greens On-Line Media Centre

16/09/05 Foresters find way to make capital growth, - By Philip Hopkins, The Age; South West

29/4/05 -NZ regulator plans legal action against Carter Holt - Reuters

13/04/05 - Four face court accused of stealing thousands of ferns - Strezleckis -April 2005

25/2/05 - Tasmania's Saw Point - Matthew Denholm, The Australian

23/2/05 - Gunns boasts a greener test pass - Hobart Mercury, ROHAN WADE

6/2/05 -Free lawyers line up to battle Gunns - Hobart Mercury, CLAIRE KONKES

6/2/05 -Gunning for strife in court - Hobart Mercury, CLAIRE KONKES

3/11/04 - Worldwide nod for forest paperwork - By Philip Hopkins

28/10/04 - Government aims to don green mantle - Financial Review, Lenore Taylor

12/10/04 - Timber company share price goes great guns - Phillip Hopkins - The Age on-line from NAFI website

18/9/04 - More Scientists for Forests - Radio National - Earth Beat , Alexandra de Blas

15/9/04 - Seeking a natural recovery - Environmental Debate - Election Analysis 2004 - Melissa Fyffe - The Age

16/8/04 - National park trees sold during bushfire - - The Age - East Gippsland - August 2004

19/8/04 - Protection sought for natural wonders - The Age

09/07/04 - -Timber projects net huge tax refund - Philip Hopkins -July 9, 2004 - fairfaxdigital

29/6/04 - Climate change link to clearing - By Richard Macey, Sydney Morning Herald

7/6/04 - Green hopes take root in a Forest of Banners - By Melissa Marino , The Age

28/5/04 - Wilderness Society and Greenpeace welcome an other breakthrough in Japanese Paper Market - Media release - The Wilderness Society

27/5/04 - Labor's Environment Speech Misses the point on Tasmanias Forests - Media release - The Wilderness Society

14/5/04 - Forestry Tasmania's "End-Clearfell" proposal is a ploy to log in Wilderness and Ancient Forests - - Media release - The Wilderness Society

08/5/04 Government 'barking up wrong tree', By Philip Hopkins, The Age

10/02/04 First Australian trees FSC certified as 'good wood' WWF - Australia - Media Release

19/12/03 Timber industry says water issues may threaten sector - David Claughton,  SA Country Hour Summary - ABC Rural

1/11/03 - Styx and Tarkine Destruction Becoming Australia's Global Shame­ : Greens-Media

29/10/03 - Commonwealth Bank Faces Nation-wide Protests over Support for Tasmanian Old Growth Forest Destruction - Media release - The Wilderness Society

River plan targets key Murray sites - Annabel Crabb, Melissa Fyfe - The Age - Murray Basin - November 2003

Murray water headache for Howard,- Tim Colebatch, Economics Editor, The Age Murray Basin - October 2003

23/08/03 - Forest giants fall to unquenchable thirst of farmland - By Melissa Fyfe - The Age

01/07/03- Murray Cod added to the List of threatened Species - Dr Paul Sinclair, - Environment Victoria

 06/06/03

20/12/2002 - $4 Billion of capital supports Forest Resolution - The Wilderness Society - Media Release

Feb/2000 - Extinctions in Forests -A statement from independent researchers and a response to National Association of Forest Industries statement about extinctions -By Professors Tony Norton , Hugh Possingham , Harry F. Recher - The Wilderness Society website

10/02/99- Spotted Gum Tops Farm Timber List - Media Release - Ref 1999/29 - Feb 10 , 1999 - CSIRO

31/01/99 Anti-environmentalism - background by Bob Burton from 1997

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