I saw a clip Paula Wriedt MHA, Minister for Tourism, Arts & the Environment, in the Lennon Tasmanian Government on free-to-air TV last night----I think it was the 7.30 Report. Wriedt was talking about why her government was doing nothing about working with the Commonwealth to prevent the ecological destruction of Macquarie Island, given Tasmania's previous commitments. She was incoherent and unconvincing. The Lennon Government is walking away from its environmental responsibilities.

The Minister is similarly incoherent about the consequences of the proposed Gunn's pulp mill being located in a wine growing, small tourist business, small farming community area on a scenic tourist route. She covers the contradiction between economics and environment with 'best practice'.

Ray Norman, You always know when its autumn in Tasmania #2, 2007

Shouldn't the Minister for tourism and environment be defending tourism and the environment ---not the pulp mill? Presumably the damage to tourism, the environment and the health of a few thousand local residents can be seen as akin to the collateral damage of economic growth. Shouldn't the Minister be questioning Gunn's claims about the effects of the pulp mill?

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