Clearly, there is going to be a strong role - not only for the Labor opposition and the Greens opposition, but the crossbench - to scrutinise the agenda going forward.
The Tasmanian Greens extend our gratitude to Ali Alishah for his dedication to protecting this island's forests, and recognise the significant personal sacrifices he has made.
A key policy of your election campaign was your plan to go into 40,000 hectares of high-conservation value reserve forests to log and burn them - a climate crime.
The Greens strongly support the Bob Brown Foundation protesters facing court today, and thank them for being such passionate and courageous advocates for Tasmania’s forests.
New in-depth research has again shown the swift parrot is on the brink of extinction due to native forest logging. It's well past time for Liberal and Labor politicians to recognise how alarming this situation is, and to act accordingly by ending native forest logging.
The Greens applaud respected Aboriginal elder and activist, Jim Everett - puralia meenamatta - who was arrested today in defence of spectacular giant forests in the Styx Valley.
Labor’s decision to extend contracts for native forest logging until 2040 is shocking. We are the midst of a climate crisis with threatened species hurtling towards extinction.
When science tells us we need to be protecting carbon stores and intact forests, we have Labor and Liberal politicians in a race to the bottom. It’s climate madness.
The Liberals’ decision to remove protections on tens of thousands of hectares of high conservation value forest and hand them to industry for logging is appalling. This is devastating but, despite the climate crisis, not surprising.
The news a forest protester will be detained in prison for the next two months is deeply disturbing. This should not be happening in a free and open democracy.