Premier Will Hodgman owes the community a public apology for his misleading statements on the government’s position on the Geelong Star super trawler.
The Hodgman government has broken faith with the Tasmanian people yet again by failing to support a Greens’ motion opposing supertrawlers.
The Tasmanian Greens have called for the Hodgman government to close all state ports to the factory freezer supertrawler, the Geelong Star.
The House of Assembly will this week have the opportunity to formally vote on the latest proposed supertrawler, the Geelong Star.
The Tasmanian Greens are calling for a formal process to investigate concerns that trawlers are impacting on the Tasmania’s Giant Crab Fishery.
Lessons need to be learned from the previous successful community campaign against the the FV Margiris super trawler.