2012-02-13T18:43:58+11:00 Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors daily 1 2010-04-29T17:00:31Z At the end of each summer the Victorian logging department sends helicopters to drop napalm onto the forest logged in the previous year. The fires clear the land of unwanted native species and leave an ash bed that favours the regeneration of Eucalyptus trees. pvmedia Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors featured 2012-01-08T05:03:59Z Video video/quicktime Back in 1997 Howard’s 1st step on the road to “Work Choices” was to support Patrick Corporation in its attempt to remove unions representation from Australia’s wharves. That action supported by the Australian Farmers Federation included the training of para-military mercenaries to forcefully take the jobs of unionists. Eventually the actions where defeated by the union in court. Prior to the last election Howard’s team revisited the issue creating an ad with a unique view on history. pvmedia Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors Howard Patrick Corrigan unions MUA election work choices 2012-01-06T17:05:20Z Video video/quicktime When the Premier is a liar who can you trust? In 1995 John Brumby was the leader of the Victorian Labor party then in opposition. In this clip from 1995 we see John Brumby speak with passion declaring if elected a Labor government would end all logging in High Conservation Value old-growth forests, end all export wood chipping in Victoria and move the logging industry completely out of old-growth forests and into Plantations. pvmedia Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors election promises logging Goolengook forests featured forest East Gippsland Brumby 2012-01-08T13:52:17Z Video video/quicktime