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Article: Fed: Parties put on notice to tell truth about forests
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- September 4, 2004
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AAP General News (Australia)
09-04-2004
Fed: Parties put on notice to tell truth about forests
Environmental issues are set to test both the coalition and Labor's trustworthiness.
Green votes are crucial in many Tasmanian marginal seats and the mainstream parties
say they can satisfy both workers and conservationists on the issue of old growth logging.
Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD says the government is considering how to safeguard old
growth forests in Tasmania while also helping those communities reliant on the timber
industry.
Labor leader MARK LATHAM has nominated the phasing ...