Gunns 20

[dreamer_easy]

If it wasn't for the waste of cash, the toll of stress, and the danger to free speech, the Gunns 20 case would be pure comedy. Briefly, a Tasmanian logging company is trying to sue protestors for millions of dollars. So far, they've brought three "statements of claim" to court. All three have been thrown out for being unintelligible: basically, nobody can work out exactly what it is that they're supposed to have done. A cynic might suggest that Gunn's lawyers are either trying to harass the defendants or are simply taking the piss.

In the meantime, Gunns have made a last-minute revision to pollution figures for their new pulp mill, which will pump forty-five times as much dioxin into the environment as they originally stated. Whoops.

Comments

[ravenevermore.livejournal.com]

My parents and brothers were on the recent march in Tasmania, proudly waving a banner. Typical of them, they're out there less than a month, they're already getting involved with things. That last minute revision is somewhat shocking.