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On the 13 May 2005 the Federal Coalition Government under John Howard, announced its Tasmanian Forest Package.

Under this deal an additional 73,000 hectares of precious Tarkine rainforest were protected from logging. This was a huge relief to those who were expecting the chainsaws to start up again in the ancient Myrtle forests this summer.

The decision was brought about by the hard work in both Tasmania and Canberra by members of the Tarkine National Coalition (TNC) as well as huge pressure from groups and individuals on the mainland taking the Tarkine's plight to their politicians, their neighbourhood and the media.

That message was taken up by Canberra and the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell and his staff worked diligently to bring about this landmark decision. Great thanks go to both State and Federal Governments and great thanks to you for achieving this outcome.

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