Tim Thorne President TAP, TAP Into a Better Tasmania
16.10.14 5:44 pm
The Board of TAP Into a Better Tasmania, elected at the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 14 October, is planning a more positive focus for the organisation over the coming year.
“We are not just a protest group,” the incoming President, Tim Thorne, said. “While we must keep a watching brief in case there is an attempt to revive the dead Tamar Valley pulp mill proposal, our main focus is on investigating more appropriate possibilities for truly sustainable development.”
The Board believes that there is a need for a non-party political, non-single issue organisation to raise awareness of, and to foster discussion about alternative industrial models suitable for Tasmania in the 21st Century.
“TAP is in an excellent position to be such a group,” Mr Thorne said. “We are looking at activities such as workshops to encourage vibrant, innovative approaches to building a better Tasmania for the next generations.”
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What Was 'TAP Into A Better Tasmania'?
TAP formed in January 2004 and was known originally as TRAC. TAP is not an environment group and is not politically-aligned. We have fought for 14 years to stop Gunns and the State and Federal Governments from building a 1.1million tonnes PA pulp mill in a valley that is home to 100,000 people on the island of Tasmania.
In 2006 TRAC became TAP Into A Better Tasmania. TAP is the oldest of the groups opposed to Gunns pulp mill. TAP is also the first community group in Tasmania to oppose industrial tree plantations.
TAP has prevailed over almost insurmountable odds to prevent dangerous, corrupt and irresponsible people from degrading the Tamar Valley of Tasmania. TAP uses imaginative and bold actions to defend Tasmania from Gunns, their successors and their political cronies. TAP provides a stimulating informaton forum in the Tamar Valley.
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