John Howard’s announcement
on Tasmanian forests is far too little and far too late. I find it appalling that he shamelessly
treats national treasures such as Tasmania’s iconic forests to a game of
political football in the last 4 days for the election campaign.
This characterises the
short-term thinking, political opportunism and gamesmanship of John
Howard. If he is re-elected,
two-thirds of Tasmania's iconic forests are condemned.
How ironic to see John
Howard in the arms of the CFMEU, the rogue union of thugs that supports ongoing
destruction of our native forests, while jobs are lost as the juggernaut of the
automated industrial woodchip-driven industry rolls on.
On Saturday, a vote for the
Coalition will be a vote for the chainsaws in some of the most magnificent
forests on Earth. I hope every
undecided voter has this in mind.
Peter Campbell
Greens Candidate for Kooyong