Did you know that the State Government passed a law in 2007 that removes your right to appeal for compensation for any harm caused by Gunns’ planned pulp mill?
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TAP/ A Better Australia strategy workshop outcomes re pulp mill and Rudd / Lennon governments
A Better Australia and TAP conducted two workshops with approximately 120 members to plan strategies to stop the pulp mill.
Sorted outputs from TAP/ A Better Australia presentations on 21 Jan 2008
What concerns does audience have for the future?
Social issues
- Ignorance & apathy of public
- Disempowerment of the young
- Lack of education & political education for our young
- Fragmentation of community into dysfunctional nuclear families
- Dysfunctional entrenched political thinking
- Insanity
- Loss of jobs to overseas call centres
- Lack of engagement in political process
- Lack of engagement in local government process
- Inability to distinguish between needs and wants
- Poor understanding of power of vote (not enough Green votes??)
Unrealisable expectation
Financial risks of Gunns’ pulp mill
The Tasmanian Government has not investigated the financial risks of the mill to the State and documented the subsidies. The economic viability of the pulp mill has not been tested in public.
Below are three studies of the financial impact of Gunns' proposed pulp mill from individual members of the community, presented in an attempt to redress this important gap in the assessment.
