Greens Pulp Mill spokesperson Kim Booth MP said the Bartlett government’s secret gift of a $239,000 in public money to a private company is borderline corruption, and the fact that the culvert was constructed after the Premier had made his infamous claim that he was drawing a ‘line in the sand’ over further assistance for Gunns’ pulp mill proposal also raised serious questions about the credibility and honesty of David Bartlett himself. “These are very, very serious matters that go to the heart of good governance and healthy democracy. The secret transfer of public money to a private company is the sort of behaviour that would be condemned by all Australians as corruption if it occurred in a third-world country,” said Mr Booth. “Despite reporting a profit of $64.5 million dollars in 2007-2008, Gunns used poverty as an excuse to have the public pay for its new culvert.”

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