John Howard's confidant says the pulp mill is 'absolute madness'

GEOFFREY Cousins, a senior business figure and confidant of John Howard, has attacked as "absolute madness" a proposal to build a $2 billion pulp mill in the heart of Tasmania's prime wine district.

Mr Cousins told The Australian yesterday that Canberra should block approval for the Gunns Ltd proposal until a more transparent and rigorous assessment had been conducted

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