The Senate has today has passed a motion calling upon the government to maintain the environmental requirement in the Gunns Pulp Mill approval that excludes wood sourced from native forests being used as feedstock.

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said, “The Australian Senate has sent a message to any potential pulp mill investors not to rely on native forest woodchips to prop up your business case".

The Australian Greens today called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to rule out any payouts from the public purse to prop up the Tasmanian Liberals' reckless, self-interested obsession with the failed Tamar Valley pulp mill.

"Everyone who drank from the poisoned chalice that is the corrupt Tamar Valley pulp mill debacle has paid the price and I'd suggest Tony Abbott heed that advice," said Senator Peter Whish-Wilson.

"This project is not financially viable and would return our community to conflict and a failed business model.

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson and Greens' candidate for Bass, Lucy Landon-Lane - both former campaigners against the Tamar Valley Pulp mill proposal - reacted to the news that the former head of Gunns, John Gay, has pleaded guilty to insider trading by calling for closure for the community on the divisive pulp mill project.

"Today should be the last chapter of this sad and sorry pulp mill saga - its time for Tasmania to now move on and invest our energies in a new future," said Senator Peter Whish-Wilson.

The Federal Government is in breach of its own Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) through refusing to rule out further Commonwealth support for the proposed Bell Bay pulp mill.

 Australian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said that it was “duplicitous” of Federal Labor to refuse to support his Senate motion last week calling for a commitment of no further support for this project.

The Australian Greens have called on Federal Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Simon Crean, to guarantee the Tasmanian people Labor will not attempt to buy Gunns Ltd’s pulp mill permits, nor provide additional resourcing for the project.

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson stated, the Government needs to assure the public no further support for the project will be forthcoming.

The Australian greens have dismissed failed former Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon’s attempts to breathe life back into Gunns Ltd’s pulp mill proposal.

 Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, a long time opponent of the proposal, stated Mr Lennon’s comments yesterday was nothing more than a feeble attempt at historical revisionism.

“The mill proposal was purportedly born at a breakfast with a hangover, which has now unfortunately spread across the entire state.

The Gunns statement to the Australian stock exchange today confirms that the Tamar Valley pulp mill is dead in the water and is not now or has ever been economically viable, the Australian Greens said today

Tasmania now faces Gunns conducting a clearing out sale as Mr L' Estrange oversees the writing down of assets in an attempt to salvage the company.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown has today written to Mr Richard Chandler, the new investor in Gunns Ltd, recommending he look at better investment opportunities in Tasmania than the unpopular pulp mill proposal in the Tamar Valley.

"The polluting pulp mill cuts right across Tasmania's ‘clean, green and clever' branding and it is only fair that Mr Chandler knows at the outset that the pulp mill proposal is a dinosaur which should be extinct," Senator Brown said.

Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown speaks to the media about the Japanese whaling vessel entering Australian waters and World Heritage area and calls on the government to send a naval vessel to the area. He also talks about his suspension of regular talks with the Prime Minister in response to the dishonouring of the Tasmanian forests agreement which was supposed to immediately protect 430,000ha of high conservation value forest but instead has seen logging continue.

The major Greens policies are supportive of Tasmania. For example, the Greens support will get the mining tax through -- and we'll be trying to make it much stronger -- which will redistribute some money from overseas shareholders to Australians including Tasmanians.

A more measured pace in extraction of our mineral resources would mean a lower exchange rate which would help Tasmanian tourism and lower interest rates that would benefit other Tasmanian industries.