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Australia’s shame Part 2: Tiwi Forestry – 30,000 hectares of “bankrupt monoculture”

October 28, 2009 – 8:20 am

Senator IAN MACDONALD—What is your concern about the Tiwi Islands, from the Tiwi Islanders’ point of view? Dr Ajani—I think they have a product which is not well placed in the play that is going to unfold over the next few years as our hardwood plantation resource comes onto the market.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, Indigenous land management, Northern Territory politics, Northern development, The Northern Myth | Also tagged Acacia mangium, Agricultural Development and Marketing Authority, Agricultural Development Corporation, Alan Chase, Communications and the Arts Committee, Department of Infrastructure, Douglas Daly research farms, Dr Ajani Judith, Dr Bruce R. Davidson, E.J. Hosking, Great Southern Group, Great Southern Plantations, Greens Senator Rachel Siewert, Humpty Doo, Humpty Doo rice project, John McDouall Stuart, Land Clearing in the Northern Territory, Liberal Senator for South Australia, Liberal Senator Ian McDonald, Litchfield Shire Council, McGrathNicol, Minister Harold Holt, New York Times, NT Environment Centre, NT Labor Senator Trish Crossin, Planning and Environment, Senate Environment, Simon Birmingham, Territory Rice, The Northern Myth, Tipperary Land Corporation, Tiwi Forestry, Tiwi Land Council, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Willeroo Station | Comments (10)
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