THE TAP COMMUNITY RALLY MARCH 14 2008

Some of the stories and snippets about the event
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Mill protesters take it to Gunns ... An article from The Mercury:  <http://www.news.com.au/mercury/>  
 http://www.news.com.au/mercury/tasmania/
March 14, 2008 02:20pm

PULP mill protesters rallied outside the headquarters of Gunns Limited today, the anniversary of the company's withdrawal from the Resource Planning and Development Commission. About 300 people carried banners and chanted "No Pulp Mill".

Launceston General Hospital surgeon Peter Hewitt summed up the mood saying he deplored the RPDC withdrawal as much as the mill itself.

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10 Pics from the rally <http://www.news.com.au/mercury/gallery/0,22927,5030350-5015646,00.html>

"This process has been a damn fake," Dr Hewitt said.

"I think it is an absolute personal insult that they should think I am so brainless that I am going to accept the process that this mill has been subjected to."

Former RPDC commissioner Warwick Raverty also addressed the rally, urging protesters not to be violent in their protests.

For more on this story, see tomorrow's Mercury  http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23374173-3462,00.html
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RPDC: Anniversary of a serial killing
Dr Warwick Raverty Speech to a memorial service on the first anniversary of Gunns withdrawal from the Resource Planning and Development Commission, outside Gunns? head office in Lindsay St.  Invermay, March 14

As a scientist, I have been trained to question continually and to re-evaluate the evidence that is put in front of me every day. Until now I have hoped in vain that Gunns would see the error of its ways and that it would counsel, or sideline members of staff who behave in an anti-social manner. I had hoped that, presented with so much public opposition, Gunns under better more competent management, might base a pulp mill in Hampshire, using 100% plantation wood and complying strictly with the Tasmanian Environmental Guidelines and regulations. Today I have to tell you that I have abandoned that hope and reached what is, for me, a sad conclusion ? namely that Gunns cannot change and is therefore not a fit and proper company to build a pulp mill anywhere. I would not now support a pulp mill in Hampshire operated by Gunns.

Today is also an opportunity, a real opportunity for all of us collectively to draw a line in the sand ? this far with the nepotism and cronyism of Rough Red and her mates and no further. Collectively we can create a new beginning for Tasmania. A Tasmania where politicians govern for the many, not for the few; where money is taken from the rich and given to the poor, instead of the way it has been for so long. This is a beautiful, unique island where sustainable agriculture, forestry, fishing, wine making, tourism, mining and all the other activities by which we earn our daily bread can live in harmony with the environment.

Read more here : <http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/rpdc-anniversary-of-a-serial-killing-james-james-priority-prioirity-priorit/>
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Pulp mill protesters gear up after hiatus
March 15


PROTEST group Tasmanians Against the Pulp Mill yesterday pledged to step up their campaign to stop Gunns Ltd's $2 billion Bell Bay project.
TAP flew Dr Warwick Raverty, the former pulp mill assessment panel member, from Melbourne to speak at a protest outside Gunns' Launceston offices.

Read more here : <http://northerntasmania.yourguide.com.au/news/local/politics/pulp-mill-protesters-gear-up-after-hiatus/1203381.html>