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October 20, 2007
It is good to see that a new Tasmanian logging weblog is up and running---- it is entitled Forests Now Tasmania. It is visual, and so is another example of using images in a political way on forestry issues in Tasmania.
Anon
The political art is placed in a montage with text that provides a commentary on forestry events in Tasmania. Alas there are no links on the weblog to show or highlight the online presence of Tasmanians working along similar lines. So we cannot explore this regional world online. It remains hidden from us apart from those associated with the Tasmanian Times.
Tasmania is in a difficult spot energy wise. A key part of the Basslink business case was that Tasmania would make money by selling power to the mainland. The drought has reversed that. The effects of the drought have severely cut Hydro Tasmania's water storages, and the state is relying on imported power. Basslink is not a revenue-raising venture for Tasmania because its hydroelectricity storage lakes are less than 25 per cent full, making it impossible for Hydro to produce even enough power for local needs let alone export energy.
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Gary,
in the Great Debate between Rudd and Howard no one wore a greenish tie with white shirt and black suit to indicate that they supported a sustainable Australia in a warmed up world.
Howard's tie was Liberal blue, whilst Rudd's was pink/purple---a little colour reference to fairness perhaps?
I was deeply disappointed with the politics of the tie. Dissatisfied. Not a single colour gesture to forests, water or climate change.