Tasmanians will be left feeling disturbed after Minister Jaensch confirmed Parks and Wildlife's current vehicle fleet is unfit for fighting bushfires.
The development at Halls Island in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park is a travesty of proper process.
DPIPWE Secretary, Tim Baker, has been reduced to begging disaffected staff to show loyalty to Parks Manager, Jason Jacobi.
Any move by Minister Barnett to commercialise the use of deer meat must have eradication of feral deer from the landscape as its goal.
The Greens welcome the Premier’s announcement that Tasmania’s green spaces will be open to locals from this coming Monday.
Tasmania’s feral deer numbers are increasing due to State Government policy that encourages population growth.
The illegal tracking cutting on the shores of Lake Malbena in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park and adjoining lakes is a scandal and a crime against nature.
The Hodgman Government are spending $40 000 of public funds on this study to try to take the heat out of their privatisation of public protected areas.
The Greens questioned Parks Minister Gutwein about another secretive EOI project in a protected area and the apparent expenditure of public monies to enable it.
While being able to share our protected areas with visitors is a positive, the Liberals’ ever increasing growth model puts them at risk.
