Events

There will be a public gathering to show the Meander Valley Council the depth and breadth of concerns about their management of MIS and PAL policies in the municipality.Where: Meander Valley Council Chambers, 26 Lyall St, Westbury.When: 9.30am to approx 10.30am.Go to the forum topic Meander Valley Council controlled by forest interests for opinion.

Where Riverside Community Centre off Brownfields Lane behind the Riverside High School, West Tamar Highway, Launceston.When 7-9.15pm Thursday 29 May 2008.Come and hear the latest about stopping Gunns' proposed pulp mill, take part in discussions and plans. Join us and make a difference for a better community, economy and environment.Meetings are held every second Thursday. 

When: 7pm till late, Saturday 31 May 2008. Note the change of date from 24 to 31 MayWhere: Gravelly Beach, West Tamar; details to be announced Cost $15 per adult , children under eight free. Come and celebrate cracker night with a bonfire and cooked spuds and a multitude of sauces. Tickets on sale soon. More details to come.

Premier Bartlett has ruled out using taxpayers’ funds to build Gunns’ proposed pulp-mill pipeline. But what will be in the June 12th State Budget? Help ensure that no more public funds are squandered propping up Gunns’ polluting, unpopular and destructive pulp mill.When: 6.30pm Tuesday 10th June.Where: Tailrace Centre, Freycinet Room, West Tamar Highway, Riverside, Launceston.MC: Rosemary ArmitageOrganised by the The Wilderness Society (Tasmania) Inc.

Where Riverside Community Centre off Brownfields Lane behind the Riverside High School, West Tamar Highway, Launceston.When 7.00-9.15pm Thursday 12 June 2008Come and hear the latest about stopping Gunns' proposed pulp mill, take part in discussions and plans. Join us and make a difference for a better community, economy and environment.Meetings are held every second Thursday.

Where ANZ Tower, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne.When 12 noon to approx 1pmThe Wilderness Society is organising a major rally to focus on ANZ's poterntial funding of Gunns' controversial pulp mill in northern Tasmania.Rally has been cancelled because the ANZ refused to approve funding for the pulp mill  

Lawyers for Forests are causing headaches for Gunns in the Federal Court.They are challenging the Commonwealth approval of the mill, with the case set to be heard in Melbourne on 18 June.