I have some questions around sustainability in the Department of Health. The Long‑Term Plan for Healthcare in Tasmania 2040, which was released in June 2023, includes sustainable
Treasurer, are you aware of Australia's National Climate Risk Assessment and Tasmania's Risk Assessment for Climate Change, two reports that have been released in the last 12 month
Just on the weekend, your federal colleagues confirmed a policy position to absolutely abandon net zero. You spoke very proudly of net zero as a state achievement in 2020, you said
Premier, you just talked about some of the government's climate actions to respond to floods, fires and storms. Do you support the target of net zero?
Viewed rationally through the lens of global heating, your government's interim budget is a man-made disaster for this island and its people.
Climate change risk assessments are clear the impacts of global heating are already being felt and will only intensify, but the budget strips funding from climate change.
The start of the Liberals’ stadium austerity era is bad news for Tasmania’s environment and climate.
One last clarification: when you say a certified plantation product, are you saying that that plantation product would have Forest Stewardship Council certification?
At one level it's reassuring to hear him say he expects the feedstock to supply up to 2 million tonnes of dry wood fibre to come from plantations.
As you would be aware, HIF Global will be powered by a forest furnace plant and requires up to 2 million tonnes of dry wood fibre each year.