John Scrivener, Main Arm
Tasmanian Liberal party frontman, Adam Brooks, accused the Greens of ‘fanaticism in opposing new jobs and investment’, I read in the Echonetdaily last week.
This sort of rhetoric is typical of the mining industry and its cronies, an industry that has historically and consistently opposed workers’ rights and environmental regulations; a wealthy, powerful sector that cannot tolerate any opposition to its rampant profiteering.
As the recent ABC 4 Corners report on CSG mining clearly illustrates, these errant corporations are concerned only with making a profit; they care nothing for the communities and environments they exploit and they won’t accept responsibility for the damage they cause and the contaminated mess they leave behind.
If there is fanaticism in the struggle between conservation and development, it’s mainly on the side of the rapacious industrialists, who are often fanatical in their pursuit of private wealth at the expense of human communities and natural ecosystems.
On the other hand, opposition to antisocial, exploitive corporations and their destructive, polluting activities is logical, ethical and reasonable.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
