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'Axles of evil' at logging rally
(Note: This is language deception, front and center. Everyone --
EVERYONE -- uses products made from timber, including Bob Brown and
Mark Latham. In FACT, due to their more upscale lifestyles, they very
likely use MORE wood products than the average person, in Australia or
elsewhere. The insinuation that all logging is done on 'old growth' is
as unrealistic as the thought that trees are static, never sprout,
grow, mature, decline and die. This is the shutting down of resource
providers in Australia, if Brown, Latham and cronies get their way --
while they continue to CONTROL resources and USE WOOD.)
October 6, 2004
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A log truck rally in Launceston planned for today would be a complete
turn-off for most Australian voters, Greens leader Bob Brown said
today.
Organised by the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union forestry division, the 1pm rally is expected to attract between 4000 and 8000 protesters, as well as fully-laden log trucks, to Launceston's City Park. Loggers are opposed to Labor Leader Mark Latham's election forests package which promises to phase out old-growth logging in the state. "With nine out of 10 Australian voters opposed to the destruction of Tasmania's iconic forests and wildlife, log trucks will be seen as forest hearses," Senator Brown said in a statement. "This is the axles of evil on show. "We are looking forward to Mr. Howard's commitment to protecting the nation's heritage, whether he will go further than Labor's commitment on reviewing 240,000 hectare, with a 12-month moratorium." Prime Minister John Howard announced this morning he will outline his forests policy in Tasmania later today. Mr. Howard said the policy would reflect a balance. "It will be consistent with the principles of the regional forests agreement that I signed seven years ago," he said. "It will be based upon a balance of growth, jobs and care for the environment." Copyright 2004, Herald and Weekly News http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,10987855%255E1702,00.html |