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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Matthew Denholm; 6/1/09 Final approval for the $2.2billion Gunns pulp mill is now more than two years away after federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett imposed new conditions, casting further doubt over the controversial project. As forecast exclusively by The Australian, Mr Garrett yesterday announced new hurdles facing the project, withholding final approval for a vital environmental...
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Blogocrats (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
There is still a lot of detail to be discovered in the decision of Peter Garrett yesterday. Adrian just listened to a story on ABC where it appears that the decision to go ahead with building the plant was all down to Turnbull. This is what Adrian posted over at the watercooler: OK I just heard the [...]
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The Independent Weekly (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett denies he is doing the prime minister's bidding on the controversial Gunns paper pulp mill.
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
CANBERRA - A planned pulp mill in Tasmania that would create about 3500 new jobs in the construction phase and 1600 new permanent jobs has faced a setback. Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett said yesterday that he had not...
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Ariane's little world (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Since Labor's election, Peter Garrett has pretty much failed to do any of the things he said he would. He isn't doing anything about Japanese whaling, he hasn't done anything even vaguely reasonable about carbon emissions, he hasn't done much to protect the Murray-Darling river system and who knows how many other sensitive environments. Today, he failed to do something else, he failed...
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The Independent Weekly (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says he won't give approval for the Gunns pulp mill in northern Tasmania until detailed studies of its potential marine effects have been completed.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
FEDERAL Environment Minister Peter Garrett says he can't kill off the Tasmanian pulp mill because the process just doesn't work that way.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
PETER GARRETT has shelved a controversial pulp mill in Tasmania until detailed studies prove effluent from the project will not damage marine life.
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The Australian (Free subscription) | yesterday
PETER Garrett got it right when he demanded a full environmental impact statement on opening the Murray's lower lakes to the sea.
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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Paige Taylor; 7/1/09; (3 Items) Western Australia’s Liberal-Nationals Government has thrown its support behind Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s efforts to fast-track the World Heritage listing of the Ningaloo Coast, following years of tension between the former state Labor government and federal Liberal governments over the protection of the region. But the Government of Premier...
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Sustained Development (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
The Age Australia govt delays full approval of pulp millReuters - 21 hours agoEnvironment Minister Peter Garrett said he was still uncertain what impact outflows from the Gunns Ltd (GNS.AX) mill would have on seas north of Tasmania …Rudd gov't two-time environmental failures: anti-mill campaigners Adelaide Independent WeeklyGarrett places tough conditions on pulp The AustralianGunns...
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Blogocrats (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Yesterday, it was reported in The Australian that the Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett announced new conditions for the Gunns pulp mill project – effectively withholding final approval for a vital environmental impact management plan. Gunns has until March 2011 to complete detailed hydrodynamic studies to prove that 64,000 tonnes of effluent to be released [...]
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The Independent Weekly (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett had exercised his obligations in allowing Gunns to construct its proposed Tasmanian pulp mill but not begin operations until it completes further environmental studies, says acting Prime Minister Julie Gillard.
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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Matthew Denholm; 5/1/09 Gunns faces tougher conditions on federal approval for its controversial Tasmanian pulp mill, with Environment Minister Peter Garrett concerned the bar has been set too low. Mr Garrett, who has spent the past few days reviewing an Environmental Impact Management Plan covering the $2.2billion mill, was last night understood to harbour reservations. The [...]...
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
THE federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, has allowed the forestry company Gunns to go ahead with construction of its controversial Tasmanian pulp mill, but is withholding final approval on whether the mill will be able to operate until water pollution studies are assessed in 2011.
