Tasmanian election: on all sides, forestry is the issue that dare not speak its name

By Adam Morton
The Guardian
March 2, 2018
Category: Business & Politics
Region: International

AUSTRALIA — Labor doesn’t want to remind people of its government with the Greens, and the Liberals are shy about a policy even the timber industry doesn’t want. The contrast could hardly be greater. In 2014, as Will Hodgman returned the Liberal party to power in Tasmania after 16 years in the political wilderness, central to his pitch was a bold promise: he would tear up a forestry peace deal and immediately convene meetings to rebuild the industry. It was a remarkable and effective stance. …Four years on, for the first time in more than a generation, native forestry is missing-in-action as a political issue. …What happened? Political observers say there are obvious reasons neither major party wants to talk about native forestry

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