Brown snubs PM over forestry dispute
Updated January 11, 2012 10:31:31

Photo: Bob Brown says the regular meetings are off until the Prime Minister keeps her word on protecting native forests. (Alan Porritt: AAP) Related Story: Conflict over peace deal loggingRelated Story: Dump Greens from cabinet, say LibsRelated Story: Forestry Tasmania bids for mill leaseMap: TAS
Greens leader Bob Brown has called off his routine meetings with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a stand-off over her handling of Tasmania's forest peace deal.

The Prime Minister and Senator Brown have held regular meetings since Ms Gillard was handed power after the last election.

But he says Ms Gillard has not kept her word on protecting native forests under the $276 million federally funded agreement signed more than four months ago to end most native forest harvesting.

An immediate stay on logging in 430,000 hectares has not yet happened because independent experts are still working on verifying their conservation value.

Senator Brown says his arguments are not getting through to Ms Gillard.

"In the meantime, if there's important matters that she wants to talk with me about, I'm very happy to, but the regular routine meetings, we'll hold off until we're back on track with her commitment to protecting the forests," he said.

"I'm simply saying, 'Prime Minister, I stand for the agreement that you signed and for the protection of these world heritage value forests. Step up to the mark'."

Senator Brown says Ms Gillard has not kept up her side of the deal.


Audio: Brown and Gillard in forestry stoush (AM)
"She signed off on August 7 that there would be an immediate halt to high conservation value forests of Tasmania; when she keeps up her word on that matter, her signed public word on that matter, we'll be having meetings," he said.

Ms Gillard is due in Tasmania on the weekend.

Her office says the Government will continue to work closely with the Greens, despite Senator Brown's decision to end their weekly meetings.

The Government says it is continuing to work with the Tasmanian government and environment and industry groups to implement the Tasmanian Forestry Agreement.

Topics: federal---state-issues, gillard-julia, brown-bob, forests, timber, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250

First posted January 11, 201

I WANT IT  AND I WANT IT !!

FRED. wrote on Jan 11^th, 2012 at 10:15am:


Yeah I save ALL your musings for educational purposes.

Dsmithy70 wrote on Jan 11^th, 2012 at 10:18am:


Maybe you should,instead of lying   You seem to be good at it   

Imagine that. Booby just realising this beer garden troll LIES         
by cull


you do have a point there.. he wasnt spitting the dummy over her There will be no CARBON TAX LIE was there..

now hes all puffy and upset because she is moving so slow...goodness me.. poor lamb!

cods wrote on Jan 11^th, 2012 at 10:14am:


Hey cods, remember this from mantra?

Quote:


Did you notice the title of this thread? Or this?

chicken_lipsforme wrote on Jan 11^th, 2012 at 10:25am:


Or this?

culldav wrote on Jan 11^th, 2012 at 10:34am:

cods wrote on Jan 11^th, 2012 at 10:39am:


'Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas' is the old saying.
Perhaps Booby now realises what it is like to be betrayed.
I think it's going to be a very rough two years to the next election.

chicken_lipsforme wrote on Jan 11^th, 2012 at 11:05am:



The most tragic & sad thing about watching this corny Laurel & Hardy movie of Juliar & Brown is that they both love the media attention and spotlight so much that will do this song ‘n’ dance routine ad nauseum until the next election, because not one of them want’s to retire form all the media attention & spotlight.

There was a rumour circulating within the Greens that Brown was obsessed with the media attention to the point of a possible challenge looming, because he is more concerned with the media spotlight than on policies - now finding out about the Greens being screwed on this policy would indicate some truth to the internal rumours about Browns lack of policy interest.  Took him some time to discover what Juliar was up too.