The saga of Gunns and the pulp mill fiasco has demonstrated the...

The saga of Gunns and the pulp mill fiasco has demonstrated the absolute dysfuntionality of Australia in getting its act together to be a participant in the global pulp and paper industry . It has lost the plot totally while pulp and paper mill investment in Brazil , Uruguay ,Chile and China have delivered on large forestry , pulp and paper projects . The dopey local industry - if you can term it an industry - has delivered Australia into a negative balance of payments for pulp and paper for decades. Stick to mining .