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No mill approval until detailed environmental studies completed

5 January 2009

Today I announced at a press conference in Sydney that the final federal environmental approval for the Gunns Ltd Bell Bay pulp mill will not be granted until detailed studies on the potential marine impacts have been completed.
>read media release
>read statement to press conference

 

 

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