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home / archives / 1991 / 16th September

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Heading for conflict.

The Hawke Labor Government was phasing out protection in many industries. Also many reforms had been introduced. In a precursor to the formation of the Green Party Tasmanian Senator Bob Brown set up the Australian Bush Heritage Fund which bought huge areas of bush, especially in Tasmania and locked them up against the logging industry.