The state-owned and sponsored logging entity Forestry Tasmania has long proven it can't turn a profit, now RTI documents reveal it’s also not capable of acting within the law.
I ask the honourable Leader of the Government, on behalf of the Premier and Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management, in relation to the trespass charges
It’s clear the State’s corporatist, hard-line changes to trespass laws are neither ending efforts to save native forests and wilderness, nor being effective in the courts.
My question without notice - and there will be a bit of déjà vu here because it is a slight administrative issue, but I think the government is ready for it:...
How many people have been charged under the Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Act since it was passed in 2022?
Aboriginal elder, filmmaker and political activist Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta (TBC) has been charged and is facing imprisonment under your draconian anti‑protest laws simply for standing up against destruction of forests on Aboriginal country in the Styx Valley.
The Tasmanian Greens extend our gratitude to Ali Alishah for his dedication to protecting this island's forests, and recognise the significant personal sacrifices he has made.
The news a forest protester will be detained in prison for the next two months is deeply disturbing. This should not be happening in a free and open democracy.
The Greens strongly support the huge protest action being held by the Bob Brown Foundation today, and thank all those who have attended
The Greens fully support the takayna defenders facing the Hobart Magistrates Court today.