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	PM - Liberals for Forests
		Liberals for Forests is a single-issue party and the issue is stopping logging in old-growth forests.
		The recently-signed Regional Forest Agreement which set out forest management for the next 20 years was supposed to alleviate concerns, but instead a group of high-profile Liberals have set their sights on bringing an end to logging in old-growth forests.
		LISA STINGEL: Liberals for Forests have had independent market research carried out which found 47 per cent of Coalition voters would support a party with Liberal values with the aim of preventing logging in old-growth forests.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s33187.htm (725 words)

	In the Agora: Liberals Not Eggheaded Enough?
		"Liberals" and "the Democratic Party" are not the same thing; at times they do not even rhyme, although the two groups have been closely allied since the end of the 1960s and may be as closely aligned now as they have ever been.
		Liberals come in many flavors, but a generic liberal (as opposed to a leftist, a Green or a moderate) would at least be more consistent than the Democratic Party on most issues.
		Liberals are ideologues, and ideologues always have the indulgence of seeking to become pure and consistent.
	www.intheagora.com /archives/2005/05/liberals_not_eg.html (1364 words)

	16/9/2005 -- Debacle over Russian forests
		Forests occupy 75% of Russia's territory, or 1,139 million hectares (1 hectare = 10,000 m2), stretching from the Pacific coast to the Baltic Sea.
		Forests are a traditional environment in Russia, where mushroom picking is a national hobby and an ancient trade, bringing the joy of being at one with Nature and adding to the people's diet.
		Although it said that "people may go to forests freely and without charge regardless of the ownership," many feel that bans and limitations may be imposed by the forests' new owners.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=46262 (758 words)

	Liberalism Defined
		Liberals are opposed to this form of leftist anarchism; they believe that social organization must occur on a much larger scale to realize its full benefits, and this calls for central government.
		Liberals therefore advocate a moderated meritocracy: those with the most merit continue to earn the most money or power, but a percentage of it is redistributed back to the middle and lower classes.
		Liberals do not see this as a "giveaway" to the poor -- on the contrary, they view the runaway profits of the rich (especially in the later stages of wealth accumulation) as undeserved, so redistributing them back to the workers who produced them is necessary to prevent exploitation.
	www.liberalslikechrist.org /about/liberalism.html (5739 words)

	The Poll Bludger » Federal Election 2004
		Herbert (Liberal 1.5%): That Labor’s position could hardly be any worse in Queensland was a widespread item of conventional wisdom, and a lot of media chatter suggested that the Townsville-based seat of Herbert was a particularly vulnerable seat for the Coalition.
		Solomon (Liberal 0.1%): The Poll Bludger is happy to admit that he has a fair bit to learn about Darwin, whose residents voted for Country Liberal Party member David Tollner in sufficient numbers to give him a 2.02 per cent lead at stumps.
		Although the Liberals think the difference in age and experience counts in their favour, it is not clear that this is so, especially for voters younger than Latham.
	www.pollbludger.com /category/federal-election-2004/page/2 (3532 words)

	Liberals Cannot See the Trees for the Forests from Planck's Constant
		But fewer forests do not mean fewer trees, just as fewer farmers than 100 years ago does not mean fewer farm-stuffs produced.
		Add that to the trees in the 60% forests and we are up to 85% of the number of trees we had 400 years ago.
		For those with a pencil, for every 100 trees in a forest there are 20 plantation trees; bringing our total tree count to 105%; that is, even with 40% fewer forests we have 105% of the trees we had 400 years ago.
	plancksconstant.org /blog1/2007/01/liberals_cannot_see.html (1249 words)

	RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - Debacle over Russian forests
		Forests occupy 75% of Russia's territory, or 1,139 million hectares (1 hectare = 10,000 m2), stretching from the Pacific coast to the Baltic Sea.
		Forests are a traditional environment in Russia, where mushroom picking is a national hobby and an ancient trade, bringing the joy of being at one with Nature and adding to the people's diet.
		Although it said that "people may go to forests freely and without charge regardless of the ownership," many feel that bans and limitations may be imposed by the forests' new owners.
	en.rian.ru /analysis/20050916/41416666.html (673 words)

	Outraged Citizen
		Liberals proposed and supported the interstate highway system, a huge government project that has not only made it easier for us to drive across the country to visit relatives and friends, but has been a boon to interstate commerce.
		Liberalism is responsible for the civil rights movement and civil rights legislation (yes, some democrats from the south opposed civil rights legislation, but while democrats in name, they were definitely not liberals.) Liberals also gave women the right to vote.
		Liberals are also proponents of the public school system, scientific research funded by the government, and legislation to regulate businesses that can affect the public health or well being (eg.
	www.outragedcitizen.com /archives.cgi?a=122&method=r (2011 words)

	Name blame as minor parties get the chop - National - theage.com.au
		Liberals for Forests and the Progressive Labour Party are expected to re-register under their existing names, saying they have distinct identities and have fielded candidates for years.
		The founder of Liberals for Forests, Keith Woollard, said he would appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal if his bid was rejected.
		Dr Woollard said the deregistration laws were introduced after the Coalition claimed that Liberals for Forests was responsible for former children and youth affairs minister Larry Anthony losing the NSW north coast seat of Richmond in the last federal election.
	www.theage.com.au /news/national/name-blame-as-minor-parties-get-the-chop/2007/01/12/1168105181196.html (620 words)

	The Poll Bludger » South Australian Senate overview
		Liberals for Forests (ticket one): Labor; Democrats; One Nation; Greens; Family First; Liberal.
		The Liberals scored an easy three quotas in 2001 and only if they lose a substantial proportion of the vote to Family First will they be in danger of failing to do so this time.
		Antony Green alone considers Meg Lees worth a mention, but sees a contest of two halves in which the Liberals and Family First compete for a third seat, while on "the other side of the ledger" are Labor, Greens, Democats and also Family First if the Liberals win their third seat.
	www.pollbludger.com /145 (618 words)

	Oz Politics » Blog
		The Victorian success for Liberals for Forests in 2004 is particularly remarkable as the party had no House of Representatives candidates in Victoria.
		Liberals for Forests may be able to achieve a higher Senate vote in the next election by increasing its presence at the polling booth with more candidates in the House of Representatives.
		Whereas the Liberals for Forests won the uplift factor prize, the loser was the new party for 2004: Family First.
	www.ozpolitics.info /blog/?p=24 (739 words)

	Liberals for Forests offer 'alternative' to Coalition. 18/09/2004. ABC News Online
		The Liberals for Forests political party is fielding Senate candidates in Western Australia in the upcoming federal election.
		The group was formed by conservative voters who were angry at the former State Liberal government's policy to allow the logging of old-growth forests.
		President of Liberals for Forests, Keith Woollard, says the party represents an environmentally friendly alternative to the Coalition.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200409/s1202057.htm (174 words)

	Forest Agreement deception by Coalition
		Already a group, led by doctors, had formed a breakaway group called "Liberals for Forests." But the news that about a third of the so-called forests reserves were not timber country at all had struck at the heart of the principles of "Responsible Government."
		The group calling itself Liberals for Forests was formed and started gathering members, and prominent long-time Liberals started publicly criticising the secret RFA, Premier Richard Court kept on defending the RFA -- but the joint Parliamentary Parties and the State Liberal conference convinced him (or someone) that the truth had to be faced.
		Forest Industries Federation executive director Bob Pearce (a former minister in the Labor "WA Inc" government, still on the side of the proprietors!) criticised the decision, saying that the expected job losses of 1500 were a disgrace, and the decision was not scientific.
	www.multiline.com.au /~johnm/forests.htm (2041 words)

	Youbou Timberless Society
		A simple statement perhaps, but one proved by the number of successful community forests already in operation around the province.
		The BC Liberals will not make logs available in large enough quantities to support a truly viable community venture.
		They would rather hand control of “your forests” to greedy multi national corporations and then provide them with the means to rape and plunder both your resources and your jobs.
	www.savebcjobs.com /comforests.htm (148 words)

	APSA50: Environmental politics stream
		Then, within limits determined by the aggregate data, the paper explores the proposition that the LFF was able to exploit a gap in the political market-place for a right of centre environmental party and that it succeeded in siphoning off a significant share of the Liberal vote.
		Alternative explanations for the LFF’s performance are also examined, in particular that it may have benefited from undifferentiated support for green parties at the state election or that its appeal had little to do with its anti-logging message but instead reflected Liberal voters’ disaffection with the Liberal Party.
		At the same time, forest certification became politicized as different schemes were developed by different interest groups and governments and each vied with each other over the forest management standards to be applied and the processes by which certification and labelling could be granted.
	arts.anu.edu.au /sss/apsa/abstract/environment.htm (950 words)

	Liberals for Forests - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		liberals for forests is an Australian political minor party, an offshoot of the Liberal Party of Australia.
		The party was founded in 2001 by Dr Keith Woollard, husband of Janet Woollard and an ex-AMA president.
		The Party generally professes itself to be ideologically aligned with the centre-right sympathies of the Liberal Party, but with a greater regard to environmentalism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberals_for_Forests (238 words)

	Environment Victoria - Forest Policy a Major Step Forward for the Liberals, but Short of Community Expectations
		Its plan to legally entrench the Regional Forest Agreements, and guarantee a permanent land base in State Forests for logging, will be a disaster for remaining native forests.
		By focusing their forest protection policy on doubling the area of old growth forest to be reserved, and identifying new areas to become old growth forest, the Liberals have correctly honed in on the most urgent conservation task and the highest priority forest issue for environment groups."
		"We are also disappointed that the Liberals have failed to rule out burning forests for electricity and charcoal, as Labor announced earlier this week, and that their policy fails to address logging in water catchments;" said Environment Victoria Executive Director Marcus Godinho.
	www.envict.org.au /inform.php?menu=4&submenu=22&item=328 (429 words)

	ACT Electoral Commission - Review Statement giving reasons for the decision to register the Liberal Democratic Party
		Mr Humphreys stated that his party believed that the name Liberal Democratic Party and the abbreviation LDP did not so nearly resemble the registered names or abbreviations of either the Liberal Party or the Australian Democrats that the party's name or abbreviation was likely to be confused with or mistaken for them.
		In this case, 3 presidential members of the AAT determined that the name of the party "liberals for forests" should be registered as a party under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
		The term "liberals for forests" is a combination of words emphasising a specific issue and describing a party by a name different from that of the Liberal Party of Australia or any of its State divisions.
	www.elections.act.gov.au /PartyRevSt.htm (2123 words)

	Letters and Articles published on Forest Issues - 1/1/2001 to present day
		This morning forest conservationists stopped logging in a controversial area of old growth forest, to highlight the plight of the Snowy River’s future water supply.
		Victorians would be able to vote for a small-l Liberal party with a focus on the environment for the first time at the coming election, the Liberals for Forests said yesterday.
		Opposition in ALP ranks to the State Government's forest management is hardening, with members of a suburban branch voting this week to end clearfelling in the Otways and appealing to Premier Steve Bracks to show leadership.
	www.lexicon.net /peterc/Letters/2001/20001Letters.HTM (2654 words)

	Backpackers handed out vote cards: Nats - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
		With flyers apparently modelled on Liberal Party materials, Liberal voters were tricked into giving their preferences to Labor, Nationals federal director Andrew Hall told a parliamentary inquiry into the 2004 election.
		Liberal Party federal director Brian Loughnane also said concerns had been reported to his party about people working on behalf of Liberals for Forests.
		But Labor's national secretary Tim Gartrell accused the Liberals of distributing misleading flyers in marginal electorates, making voters think that the Reserve Bank supported coalition claims that interest rates would be higher under a Labor government.
	www.theage.com.au /news/National/Backpackers-handed-out-vote-cards-Nats/2005/08/08/1123353256690.html (506 words)

	EKAS - SITES - Forests
		Forests - Certification - U.S. Forest Stewardship Council — U.S. "It’s purpose is to coordinate the development of forest management standards throughout the different biogeographic regions of the U.S., to provide public information about certification and FSC, and to work with certification organizations to promote FSC certification in the U.S." Founded: 1995.
		USTA Indiana Forest Industry Council (IFIC) - Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) " is a comprehensive system of principles, objectives and performance measures developed by foresters, conservationists and scientists, that combines the perpetual growing and harvesting of trees with the protection of wildlife " Founded: 1994.
		NUSPNP Friends of Forests and Free Speech "On December 14, 2004, 20 environmental activists, organisations and concerned citizens were issued a 216 page writ by the Tasmanian logging company Gunns Ltd. The woodchipping giant is suing for a combined AU$6.9 million for actions it claims has damaged their business and reputation.
	www.ekas.org /sites/topics/forests.html (10948 words)

	FOREST CHALLENGES FOR RUDD - Media Release - Tasmanian Greens
		The Tasmanian Greens today said that visiting Labor Leader Kevin Rudd must recognise that outstanding forests of high conservation value are on the chopping block in Tasmania, and that a transition out of logging these places into utilising alternative wood sources can benefit employment in both a modern timber industry and in tourism.
		Green Opposition Leader Peg Putt MHA urged Mr Rudd to acknowledge that Gunns’ proposed pulp mill is currently planned to log to exhaustion all remaining available native forests, and has a range of irredeemable flaws in relation to air and water pollution.
		Ms Putt said that promised protection of forest areas in Tasmania last federal election was reneged upon by John Howard in the ensuing Community Forest Agreement, and for Rudd to accept this broken promise as sufficient protection would be unacceptable.
	tas.greens.org.au /News/view_MR.php?ActionID=2470 (330 words)

	Liberals flop
		The most recent election, in Western Australia, saw the ALP win an unwinnable election: they won in 2001 by getting incredible preference flows and because the doctors' wives voted for the Liberals for Forests Party in protest against the logging policy of then incumbent Liberal government in WA.
		Given the 2004-5 polls and the collapse of Liberals for Forests, the election was very difficult for the ALP.
		This keeps going a streak: since 13 June 1998, the Liberals and their allies have won only three elections (all federal) while the ALP has won 17.
	www.users.on.net /~jackr/raves/elections.html (191 words)

	Liberal heartland almost turns green (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Liberal candidate, Sue Walker, won with just 53.41% after preferences, significantly less than the Liberal vote in February and dramatically less than the 70.67% Richard Court won in 1993.
		Liberals for Forests received a similar primary vote to the Greens in the Nedlands poll with 12%.
		Liberals for Forests will probably run a Senate candidate in the federal elections, and direct preferences to the Greens.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2001/452/452p7b.htm (469 words)

	Liberals - Not to be trusted on Forests - Brunswick Labor.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Liberals - Not to be trusted on Forests
		Increase timber harvesting in native forests by over 20% across Victoria by increasing timber licences in native forests from 450,000m3 to 576,000m3.
		When the ALP moves to stop logging in old growth forests then you can crow - at present this is the greatest crime against our water catchments and it is perpetuated by the ALP State Government lead by Bracks.
	www.carlocarli.net /archives/311-Liberals-Not-to-be-trusted-on-Forests.html (781 words)

	Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters - The 2004 Federal Election
		Liberals for Forests was registered as a political party in 2001 after a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which overturned an AEC decision to refuse registration.
		So, as Liberals for Forests is a registered political party, it was entitled to use its party name in political advertising.
		The Nationals lodged official complaints with the AEC on polling day about the behaviour of the Liberals for Forests campaign workers, and whilst these complaints were investigated, they were dismissed because the CEA covers only written material.
	www.aph.gov.au /house/committee/em/elect04/chapter4.htm (4424 words)

	Democratic Audit Update Feb 2007 \| Webdiary - Founded and Inspired by Margo Kingston
		The purpose of the deregistration was to eliminate liberals for forests.
		In particular, liberals for forests were blamed for the Coalition's narrow loss of the seat of Richmond.
		However, liberals for forests were already registered—so the new provision for deregistration was included in the 2006 Electoral Act amendments.
	webdiary.com.au /cms/?q=node/1844 (2327 words)

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