FEDERAL Opposition Leader Mark Latham faces a difficult task appeasing both sides of the forestry debate after arriving in Tasmania for a two-day visit.

‎Conservationists suggest the volatile issue has the potential to be a litmus test for the Federal election, where Labor is hoping to win crucial preferences from the Australian Greens.

‎Mr Latham stepped straight into the vexed issue after touching down in Launceston yesterday afternoon, where about 10,000 people had attended a forest industry rally earlier in the day.
‎It comes days after a similar show of strength from environmentalists when more than 10,000 people attended a Wilderness Society rally in Hobart on Saturday, calling for an end to clear-felling of oldgrowth forests and export woodchipping.

‎Mr Latham said he would talk to both sides of the debate. In Canberra, the Australian Conservation Foundation .. and the‎Conservationists suggest the volatile issue has the potential to be a litmus test for the Federal election, where Labor is hoping to win crucial preferences from the Australian Greens.

‎Mr Latham stepped straight into the vexed issue after touching down in Launceston yesterday afternoon, where about 10,000 people had attended a forest industry rally earlier in the day.
‎It comes days after a similar show of strength from environmentalists when more than 10,000 people attended a Wilderness Society rally in Hobart on Saturday, calling for an end to clear-felling of oldgrowth forests and export woodchipping.

‎Mr Latham said he would talk to both sides of the debate. In Canberra, the Australian Conservation Foundation .. and the,ld‎Conservationists suggest the volatile issue has the potential to be a litmus test for the Federal election, where Labor is hoping to win crucial preferences from the Australian Greens.

‎Mr Latham stepped straight into the vexed issue after touching down in Launceston yesterday afternoon, where about 10,000 people had attended a forest industry rally earlier in the day.
‎It comes days after a similar show of strength from environmentalists when more than 10,000 people attended a Wilderness Society rally in Hobart on Saturday, calling for an end to clear-felling of oldgrowth forests and export woodchipping.

‎Mr Latham said he would talk to both sides of the debate. In Canberra, the Australian Conservation Foundation .. and the, Wilderness Society urged Prime ~Minister_ and Mr Latham to• commit their parties to an assistance package to help Tasmania end old-growth logging and retain jobs.

Wilderness Society urged Prime ~HM_ and Mr Latham to• commit their parties to an assistance package to help Tasmania end old-growth logging and retain jobs.

Wilderness Society urged Prime ~HM_ and Mr Latham to• commit their parties to an assistance package to help Tasmania end old-growth logging and retain jobs.