After five years of stress for Aboriginal Tasmanians, and half a million dollars of public money down the drain on court costs, the takayna coast is safe.
The Gutwein Government needs to step in urgently and direct MMG to halt all work in this forest and comply with the Federal Environment Department’s decision.
Tasmania Police has confirmed no offence was committed and has returned the cameras used by BBF.
It is an ancient landscape shaped by the people who have lived there for tens of thousands of years.
The cool temperate rainforest within the Tarkine area is significant for our understanding of evolutionary processes.
The carcass was roadkill. It was strung up so that it could not be eaten. It is about the scent and attracting threatened and endangered species there.
These are forests that have been independently verified as having world heritage and national heritage value.
Today, high profile farmer Anthony Houston has joined the blockade - a sign this campaign is entering the mainstream.
Resources Minister, Guy Barnett, is a mining industry shill who apparently needs police protection to visit the takayna/Tarkine. Such courage.
The proposed MMG tailings dam would dump millions of tonnes of toxic waste in World and National Heritage forests in takayna/Tarkine