Despite firm opposition from local communities, an industrial fish farming trial will go ahead in Bass Strait. Another case of industry and government ignoring the people.
The Rockliff government confirmed they will not investigate the most serious marine disaster, to avoid uncovering their own responsibility for the breaches that likely caused it.
Horrific figures released by the EPA has confirmed what we all feared – in just two months, ten million kilograms of industrial farmed salmon have died from an insidious disease.
The image of dead fish and chunks of rotten flesh washing up on Tasmania's beaches is not one the public will forget soon, and not one the market should ever forget.
As summer rolls on into autumn, we know that millions of diseased salmon are continuing to die a horrible death in pens across southern Tasmania.
We already know diseased salmon are being processed for human consumption. We are hearing of multiple recent cases of gastrointestinal illness following the consumption of salmon.
The Greens and Mr Garland have suffered through ministers shuffling papers, buck passing questions and giving confusing non-answers.
Just in February, well over a million full-grown salmon have died in a mass mortality event in Tasmanian waters.
I have heard what Mr O'Byrne said about it being premature to have an inquiry. In fact, now is the time to get started. This is the biggest salmon mass mortality event in the state
An environmental and industrial scale disaster has and continues to be played out in Tasmania's south-east waters.
