While being able to share our protected areas with visitors is a positive, the Liberals’ ever increasing growth model puts them at risk.
We understand this is not about invasive species management, it is about hunting.
It’s clear the Liberals have once again kowtowed to the powerful shooting lobby.
The Minister has announced that recreational shooters will be allowed into protected areas, including the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
We are now living through a time when the environmental challenges we are facing as an island and as a community are very, very significant.
Parks Minister, Matthew Groom, should admit Tasmania's protected areas are under unprecedented threat as a result of Liberal policies.
The Budget papers show a more than $6M cut to the Parks and Wildlife Service across the forward estimates.
Tthe Budget papers show more than $6 million cut from an already underfunded Parks and Wildlife Service across the forward Estimates.
Private interests, among them the Farrell family, are the beneficiaries of $22 million in public funding being promised by the Liberals.
The full extent of the Liberals' destructive plan for the Freycinet National Park has been revealed by a group of concerned Coles Bay residents.