I dont understand why our government seems committed to destroying what we have thats unique in the world, Mr Flanagan told the BBC. When asked about Prime Minister Tony Abbotts comment earlier this week that coal is good for humanity Mr Flanagan said: To be frank, Im ashamed to be Australian when you bring this up. Mr Flanagan was also critical of the Tasmanian governments recent decision to abolish a forestry peace deal between environmentalists and forestry companies that was four years in the making. The end of the deal meant 400,000 hectares of native forests that were to have been protected were instead reclassified for potential future logging. I genuinely believe that people of Australia want to see these beautiful places, these sacred places, preserved, [but] the politics of the day is so foolishly going ahead and seeking to destroy them when there isnt even an economic base to it, when there is no market for the woodchips that would result from the destruction of these forests, Mr Flanagan said. I think its unnecessary and I think its just politics being used to divide people that could otherwise be brought together on all that is best and most extraordinary in our country.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 03:43:36 +0000