Reports the public weren't informed immediately of Huon Aquaculture’s use of antibiotics in the River Derwent hatchery are profoundly alarming.
Minister, the 2024 State of the Environment Report was pretty clear on the state of Tasmania's rivers, particularly the need for greater monitoring of river health, downstream wetl
While the Liberals have tabled their economic assessment for Marinus, the critical environmental river flow assessments are still not public.
I want to do what the Greens have done at the table over the past few years and ask you as the new minister about river health.
Minister, we will go back to the health of the river. On the department's website, it says that four case studies on river health will be completed in 2024.
I note that the State of Environment Report is looking for a comprehensive water management strategy, but I wanted to get on to the issue of river health.
The Derwent Valley community has for years raised concerns about the dumping of waste as a commercial activity near the Plenty River. Their concerns were proven right when, in 2020, a waste spill caused the death of thousands of fish.
Against what are you comparing the data that is coming through that monitoring? What thresholds?
We know that water availability is going to change across the state as the climate changes and the change isn't necessarily going to be uniform.
Environment Minister Roger Jaensch needs to step in to ensure the big corporations producing industrial waste are brought under control