LILYDALE COMMUNITY WANTS TO BE CONSULTED ON WATER

Kim Booth MP
Member for Bass
The Tasmanian Greens today expressed disappointment that the Minister would not step in and ensure that the Lilydale community was properly consulted about their water needs.
Greens Member for Bass, Kim Booth MP, said many Lilydale residents were concerned that consultation by Ben Lomond Water was more about telling the community what [...]

March 21, 2013

Respecting the resource: Greens secure sawmiller access to special species logs

Recently, I visited the Burnie wharf with sawmillers and timber merchants (video above). They were shocked at the sight of logs that could have kept a generation of small family owned sawmill in business but were now splitting up in the sun and wind, going to waste.
Last week’s visit was a direct result of my [...]

March 12, 2013

GREENS SECURE SAWMILLERS ACCESS TO SPECIAL SPECIES LOGS

Kim Booth MP
Greens Forestry Spokesperson

The Tasmanian Greens today secured a commitment from Forestry Tasmania that small local saw millers would be provided with ongoing access to eucalypt and special species timbers that would otherwise be exported as whole logs.

Greens Forestry spokesperson Kim Booth MP visited the Burnie wharf today with Forestry Tasmania chairman Bob Annells [...]

February 19, 2013

BANKS SHOULD SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY

Kim Booth MP
Greens Member for Bass
The Tasmanian Greens today called on big banks forgo their status as secured creditors of Gunns Ltd, to ensure that local businesses, farmers, contractors and investors don’t follow Gunns into administration.
Greens Member for Bass Kim Booth MP said that the ANZ Bank in particular should accept responsibility for continuing to [...]

October 10, 2012

PRACTICAL HELP NEEDED FOR FORCED ADOPTION LEGACY: NSW Waives Fees For Medical Record Searches

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today called for the Children’s Minister Michelle O’Byrne to follow New South Wales by waiving fees to access medical records for parents and adopted children affected by forced adoption practices.
Greens Children’s spokesperson Paul O’Halloran MP said that as Tasmania prepares to make an official apology to people [...]

September 17, 2012

GREENS PROPOSE PLANTATION SOLUTION FOR TA ANN

Kim Booth MP
Greens Forestry Spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today proposed a solution to the current standoff over forestry, calling on Forestry Tasmania to utilise the state’s taxpayer-funded timber plantations instead of taxpayer-owned high conservation value forests.
Greens Forestry spokesperson Kim Booth MP said that questions needed to be asked about why Forestry was refusing to supply Ta [...]

February 16, 2012

TA ANN CAN FIX ITS IMAGE PROBLEM – If Forestry Tas Gets Out Of HCV Forests

Kim Booth MP
Greens Forest spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens said today that the Ta Ann can immediately fix its market rejection problem by refusing to accept timber sourced from high conservation value (HCV) by Forestry Tasmania.
Greens Forestry spokesperson Kim Booth MP was responding to Ta Ann’s claim that up to 40 workers will lose their jobs because [...]

February 13, 2012

NEW UNDERTAKER FOR GUNNS – As Banks Retreat And Shareholders Burnt

Kim Booth MP
Greens Forest spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens said today that the Tamar Valley pulp mill’s final death notice was being prepared, with the Richard Chandler Corporation’s proposal to take control of $150 million of Gunns assets and the dilution of shareholder value through a rights issue.
Greens Forestry spokesperson Kim Booth MP said the company’s announcement [...]

February 8, 2012

POKIES LOSSES RACK UP: So Why Are Machines Still Being Rolled Out?

Kim Booth MP
Greens Building Spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today revealed that losses from poker machines in Tasmania totalled $18,875,750 in August, slightly up on the previous month.
Greens Gaming spokesperson Kim Booth MP said Gaming Commission figures published on the Treasury and Finance Website said August also saw another five misery-inducing, family-wrecking poker machines installed in Tasmania, [...]

October 3, 2011

Media Release: GUNNS MUST QUIT STALLING

Kim Booth MP
Greens Forestry Spokesperson 
 
The Tasmanian Greens today called for Gunns to quit stalling and make a decision on the buyback of its native timber contracts, so that cash-strapped contractors can finally start to receive compensation.
 
The Greens forestry spokesman Kim Booth said that Gunns’ failure to act was holding up progress on the implementation of [...]

September 5, 2011