Gunns

Gunns Ltd is the biggest native-forest logging company in Australia and the biggest hardwood-chip company in the world.

A corporate profile of Gunns can be found here

Personnel

Directors

• John Gay, Chairman
• Robin Gray
• David McQuestin
• R Holyman
• C van der Kley
• Christopher Newman
• David Simmons
• Paul Teisseire

Other personnel

• W.L.Chapman Company Secretary
• Sarah Dent Brand Manager
• Tony Fletcher, Lobbyist

Contact details

58 Cimitiere Street
Launceston 7250, Tasmania
Phone 61 (03) 6335 5201
Fax 61 (03) 6334 7909
E-Mail: gunns AT gunns.com.au
Web: http://gunns.com.au/

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

• CFMEU
• Evaluation of the Social Impact Assessment of the Gunns Ltd Bell Bay Pulp Mill
• Forest Industries Association of Tasmania
• Greenwash
• Gunns SLAPP's 20 Australian Environmentalists
• Gunns Hustles a Proposed Pulp Mill As Clean and Green
• SLAPP's
• SLAPP's In Australia
• Timber Communities Australia
• North Limited
• Vandalism of John Gay's house

External articles

• "Gunns Limited: Australia's Biggest Destroyer of Native Forests", The Wilderness Society, February 22, 2003.
• "Gunns to boost Tas woodchip output", ABC Online, March 21, 2005.
• Michael Duffy, "Under the Gunns", Sydney Morning Herald, March 25, 2005.
• "$1.6m tax slug for pulp rush", NineMSN, March 30, 2005. (This is an AAP story).
• Natasha Cica, "Middle-ground views are up against battleground tactics", Sydney Morning Herald, April 7, 2005.
• "Guidelines crackdown may delay pulp mill", ABC News, April 8, 2005.
• "Residents rally against Gunns pulp mill", ABC News, April 9, 2005.
• Nick Clark, "Pulp mill impact guidelines", The Mercury, April 8, 2005.
• Natasha Cica, "The Gunns 20 - a watershed legal case", OnLine Opinion, April 13, 2005.
• Anna Randall, "Gunns questioned over pulp science", The Examiner, May 5, 2005.
• Sean Ford, "Truck drivers' jobs likely to go", The Advocate, May 5, 2005.
• "Govt accused of allowing Gunns to break law", ABC News, April 14, 2005.
• "Gunns' pulp mill faces court challenge", NineMSN.com, April 15, 2005. (This is an Associated Press story).
• Danny Rose, "Gunns warned for overloading", The Mercury, April 16, 2005.
• "Chemical spraying action dropped", The Mercury, April 22, 2005.
• "Gunns on timber supply short list", ABC News, April 22, 2005. (Story about Gunns on timber supply list for rebuilding Aceh).
• "Council fury: Mayor blasted over pulp mill no-vote, The Examiner, April 27, 2005.
• Nick Clark, "Force Gunns to pay: Brown", The Mercury, May 6, 2005.
• Stephanie Peatling and Andrew Darby, "Forests miss heritage listing in $250m deal", Sydney Morning Herald, May 14, 2005.
• "Pulp mill project gets Tas Budget support", ABC News, May 20, 2005.
• "Minister admits mistake over Gunns advice", ABC News, June 1, 2005.
• "Govt to push Gunns' pulp mill project", ABC News, June 2, 2005.
• Nick Clark, "Federal help to speed up mill", The Mercury, June 2, 2005.
• "Proposed pulp mill wins federal backing", NineMSN, June 3, 2005.
• "Gunns logging case to be lengthy: judge", The Age, June 17, 2005. (This is an AAP story).
• James Madden, "Judge tells loggers to get on with $6.3m case against greenies", The Australian, June 18, 2005.
• "Gunns alters pulp mill plan", ABC News, June 20, 2005.
• "Lennon up-beat about planning process for Gunns", ABC News, June 20, 2005.
• Cathy Alexander, "Gunns slammed over mill changes", The Advocate, June 21, 2005.
• "Gunns urged to explain pulp mill changes", ABC News, Tuesday, June 21, 2005.
• Nick Clark, "Concern at mill group's power", The Mercury, June 28, 2005.
• "Old growth woodchip snub provokes anger", The Age, June 29, 2005.
• Brendan Trembath, "Growth in demand for plantation timber", The World Today, June 29, 2005.
• "Logging off at pulp mill", The Advocate, June 29, 2005.
• Nick Clark, "Protest putting 2500 jobs at risk", The Mercury, June 30, 2005.
• "Gunns papers baffle lawyer", News.com.au, July 5, 2005.
• Nick Clark, "Public comment on pulp mill reopened", The Mercury, July 7, 2005.
• "Gunns on hold over damages case", The Age, July 7, 2005.
• "Second Japanese company reviews woodchip policy", The Age, July 8, 2005.
• Luke Slayer, "Mitsubishi to still buy Gunns chips", The Mercury, July 9, 2005.
• Rohan Wade, "Jobs go as forest sales hit", The Mercury, August 6, 2005.
• Sue Neales, "Chips too dear: Price blamed for slump", The Mercury, August 9, 2005.
• "New pulp mill design unveiled", ABC News, August 12, 2005.
• Nick Clark, "Gunns puts mill critics in picture", The Mercury, August 13, 2005.
• "Milne on attack over pulp mill plan", The Mercury, August 20, 2005.
• "Gunns aims at Bell Bay growth after profit falls", The Australian, August 26, 2005. (This is an AAP story).
• Nick Clark, "Falling profit shakes Gunns shares", The Mercury, August 26, 2005.
• "Gunns denies green campaign caused profit drop", ABC News, August 27, 2005.
• Nick Clark, "Gunns delays key report", Mercury, August 31, 2005.
• "New Pulp Mill Could See Gunns Fire", Australasian Investment Review, September 05 2005.
• Nick Clark, "TCCI off to Finland for pulp mills tour", The Mercury, September 10, 2005.
• "Lennon in forestry industry's pocket: Latham", ABC News, September 18, 2005.
• "Competitor: Gunns denies it holds sway over Mr Lennon", ABC News, September 19, 2005.
• Matthew Denholm, "Pulp mill faces derailment", The Australian, September 30, 2005.
• Phillipa Duncan, "Pulp DVD on its way to North homes", The Examiner, September 30, 2005.
• "Debate continues over Finland pulp mill tour", ABC News, September 30, 2005.
• Sue Neales, "Betfair blow-up", The Mercury, October 12, 2005. (Refers in passing to perception that the Tasmanian Government is too close to Gunns).
• Nick Clark, "'Brown stain' fears floated over effluent", The Mercury, November 15, 2005.
• Claire Miller, "Up to 25 loggers facing the chop", The Age, November 20, 2005.
• "A-G asked to review Gunns donation claim", ABC News, March 3, 2006.
• Sue Neales, "Tassie pays price for its old growth", The Mercury, May 15, 2006.
• "Gunns loses insurance payout case", ABC Tasmania, May 15, 2006.
• "Liberals call for forestry inquiry", The Mercury, May 16, 2006.
• Sue Neales, "Crisis victim tells how he was felled", The Mercury, May 17, 2006.
• Simon Bevilacqua, "Woodchip woe was forecast", The Mercury, May 21, 2006.
• Mediawatch, "The Examiner's "Head Start"", ABC Mediawatch, 16 July 2006.
• Tim Jeanes, "Gunns Ltd General Meeting gets heated", PM, November 9,2006.
• Samantha Schelling, "Eye on the environment - November 2008," ProPrint, November 4, 2008.