How old are these people?

Latham tried to bully us': Tas Premier

The Tasmanian Premier claims Labor leader Mark Latham tried to bully him into accepting the federal Party's forestry policy during the election campaign.

Mr Latham criticised Premier Paul Lennon during the campaign for his opposition to the policy.

Mr Lennon says he worked with the party for at least 12 months before the election, bringing the federal office up to speed on the forestry issue in Tasmania, in particular the regional forest agreement.

He says he met with Labor spokesman for mining, energy and forestry, Joel Fitzgibbon, on several occasions.

"I provided him with a lot of information, everything he wanted, but at the end of the day they simply didn't agree with us.

"They wanted to have a different policy and Mark Latham tried to bully us into supporting his position and I simply wasn't prepared to do that."

Mr Lennon says Federal Labor would have a good chance of winning back the northern Tasmanian seats of Bass and Braddon if it dumps its forestry policy.

"What Mark Latham and federal Labor need to do is change their forest policy," he said.

"If they do that, then I believe they will position themselves well to win back Bass and Braddon at the next federal election."

Joel Fitzgibbon says he does not know of any attempt to bully Mr Lennon into accepting the policy.

"I'm not aware of any bullying exercises," he said.

"Paul Lennon and I had a number of friendly conversations.

"In the end they were fruitless because we had different views about what needed to be done in Tasmania, both to protect high-conservation forests and of course to push the industry further up the value chain."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1251477.htm

Yes, he did, no he didn't..yes, he did....no he didn't...

I gather the media think we are stupid and love this type of reporting. No wonder they were asking on the radio this morning where all the intellectuals have gone...not into our reporting. I heard the sports commentator talk about the England team. I thought I'd misheard. No, she said it again...the England team. Our reporter in South Africa reporting on the latest cricket calamity got it half right. She spoke about the English players and the Wales players. I was at work about half way through the discussion on missing intellectuals...so I didn't find out where they have hidden them. English team. Welsh team. Dare I say it's not rocket science??? Seems to be how you dismiss things these days..oh, and you keep calling someone a calamitous failure...and then they are because it was reported in the media. So, to finish on a cliche...where are their heads? No! Don't even think about that one! I'm on a cliche roll. See you around like a rubber ball, folks.