Yes, this was almost exactly what I said when discussing this with someone offline, earlier…
I also suspect that is the case, here, even if the Speccy author is too naïve, or perhaps too scared of being sued, to outright say that…
But I 100% agree that both Labor and the Greens almost certainly had that in mind, when this decision was made…
Hell, I remember a decade ago, the Wilderness Society was deliberately and actively campaigning on behalf of Malaysian timber companies, to destroy the local industry (in Tasmania. Very successfully, I might add), in order to increase imports instead…
This has been a very long game. But I really don’t think most people who support and/or donate to these organizations realize that…
Yes, this was almost exactly what I said when discussing this with someone offline, earlier…
I also suspect that is the case, here, even if the Speccy author is too naïve, or perhaps too scared of being sued, to outright say that…
But I 100% agree that both Labor and the Greens almost certainly had that in mind, when this decision was made…
Hell, I remember a decade ago, the Wilderness Society was deliberately campaigning on behalf of Malaysian timber companies, to destroy the local industry (in Tasmania. Very successfully, I might add), in order to increase imports instead…
This has been a very long game. But I really don’t think most people who support and/or donate to these organizations realize that…