Joining the dots

‘Twas the announcement by Gunns on 1st July that further write-downs of its forestry assets were needed in the current environment that has shed a little more light on the problems confronting the Tasmanian forest industry.

The announcement gives a little more context to the going concern deliberations currently occupying the minds of both Gunns’ and FT’s Directors.

Tasmania's decisions

Matthew Denholm’s short opinion piece in the latest Weekend Australian on Tasmania titled ‘Governance, the economy and culture need a total overhaul’, was a welcome addition to the discussion about our future.

It was a short piece so it would be unfair to criticise the lack of supporting arguments but there were three points which warrant a comment.