This week, ABC Radio Gippsland carried interviews with Friends of Earth campaigner Anthony Amis and Hancock Victorian Plantations General Manager Owen Trumper about replanting in College Creek and the use of herbicides which can affect water supplies.
Here's a transcript of what Owen Trumper said to Celine Foenander - see if you reckon he's believable especilly as Hancocks were asked by email about the use of Terbacil in it's fertiliser mix and chose not to respond. He also seems to think that revegetation is the same as regeneration.
' I’m joined now by Owen Trumper who is the manager of Gippsland’s, Hancock Victorian Plantations, good morning to you.
OT: Good morning Celine
Owen Trumper you would have heard Anthony Amis’s comments there. Are you using Terbacil?
OT: thankyou for the opportunity to clear up this misunderstanding. The fact of the matter is that we are not using terbacil or any herbicides up in the college creek area and the misunderstanding comes from a generic sign that we have created for our fertiliser bins, which is due to our infrequent times which we do put chemicals in our fertiliser, and we do it for OH&S reasons, so for people who are handling the...
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college creek, hancock victorian plantations, terbacil
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