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.
The problem that you have, if you give an answer like the one you just gave, is that it creates a suspicion that you are trying to hide something.
Have you been advised by your agency of any other potential breaches in relation to the dumping of diseased salmon waste on any other Crown or reserved land ...
Can you tell the council when Parks will be having a look at whether or not there's been ecological impacts on that reserveand to confirm whether or not there has been a breach...
Can you confirm, as the minister responsible for this marine reserve, that the EPA is investigating the impact of the mass mortality event and the potential dumping ...
Can you confirm that diseased fish offal has been either dumped or deposited near this Ninepin Point Marine Reserve.
This has been a position that the Greens have taken since 2017. It was the formal policy that we took to the 2018 election.