List of Letters and Articles published on Forest Issues

November 1996 to June 1997


40 Climber on the ascent again in logging protest 24/6/97 (Brigitte Muir gets the message across)

39 Greens leader arrested at protest 14/6/97  (Bob Brown gets the message across)

38 Goolengook - too precious to log (summarise the issues)

37 Forest agreement misses the mark , Dr Geoff Mosley, The Age (letter) 18/6/97 (good stuff Dr Mosely, answers 31)

36 The joke is on the logging industry (it sure is, but who is laughing ?)

35 Scientist asks for logging to end (supports case for Goolengook made in 27)

34 Claims don't match the facts (another response to 29, tackles RFA & economics)

33 Forest 'umpire' is a stooge (excellent response to 29, tackles RFA)

32 Clearfelling the culprit (good response to 29 on dodgy economics)

31 Forest agreement is world-class (attempts to defend RFA credibility)

30 Search and destroy? (tackles the RFA/logging credibility issues well)

29 Woodchip claims unsubstantiated (some familiar wild claims from the industry)

28 Ruling sought on watchdog (How about a Royal Commission into logging in Native Forests ?)

27 Conservation must bridge the gaps (some "un-gagged" ex-DNRE/CNR/CFL staff)

26 Commission not obliged to list (everything is OK according to the Aust Heritage Commission ?)

25 Flexibility on forests (there is life in the old dog (Huon) yet, but full of holes as usual . . .)

24 No faith in these rubbery "reserves" (short and to the point - a good farewell for Norm ?)

23 A wide, brown, treeless land (clear felling in Cumberland catchment, water quality issues, etc)

22 Forest agreement is badly flawed (good attack on RFAs and dubious scientific credibility)

21 Forest policy much wider than forests (Norm at it again, defending the indefensible (Attiwill))

20 Haunting visits to the forest destruction (good topical letter on Otways destruction)

19 Forest 'balance' is devastatingly tilted ( slaps Attiwill around very well)

18 A balanced outcome for the forests (Attiwill proving that science can be a load of bollocks)

17 Otways are fraying round the ridges (Good letter on the real state of the Otways)

16 We pay for forest ruin (economic lunacy of native forest logging and woodchipping)

15 The uses of diversity (an intersting smattering of industry goobledygook, reponse to 14))

14 Forest Agreement is retrograde step (attacks RFAs)

13 Ministerial defeat paves the way for fresh battles (timber/woodhip industry lobbying wins again)

12 Greens attack "forest experiment" (endangered species not considered within RFA process)

11 Sparks fly over sabotage claim (industry claims of green sabotage disputed)

10 Guide for assessing 'sabotage' allegations (how to assess industry claims of green sabotage)

9 Forest warfare tipped over end to green deal (RFAs have not delivered an conservation outcomes)

8 New parks system may clear path for mining (open slather for resource stripping of National Parks?)

7 Ministerial Zoning - Access Age

6 More Huon Nonsense, Liz Ingham - not published (response to 2)

5 RFA madness, Peter Campbell - not published (response to 2)

4 A tidy profit in nature laid waste, Anthony Amis, 25/11/96 (response to 2; destruction of forest and economic lunacy)

3 A small tragedy in the forest, Carolyn Landon, 25/11/96 (a stolen tree fern, the importance of forests)

2 No sense wasting logging residues, G Norman Huon, 20/11/96 (response to 1; normal spurious 'facts')

1. Woodchips galore from blitzed forests, Josh Meadows, 7/11/96    (highlights idiocy of woodchipping)