Tasmanian Aboriginal People
We have photos here, which the minister might like to see, from Dan Brewen, taken in the last week that show fresh damage of tyre tracks over ancient middens.
We have photos here, which the minister might like to see, from Dan Brewen, taken in the last week that show fresh damage of tyre tracks over ancient middens.
On this day across the nation, Aboriginal people mourn the loss of their country.
Being non-committal about the need to protect tens of thousands of years of Aboriginal heritage is not good enough.
Whatever we call it, this is a dog of a bill that is designed to take away the freedoms that Tasmanians have enjoyed to peacefully protest.
The House and the minister will be well aware that when this bill was first tabled we raised a number of concerns about its content.
The Government's plan to re-open tracks through Aboriginal heritage in the takayna/Tarkine has been dealt a major blow by the federal environment department.
Tasmanian taxpayers will fork out for expensive lawyers to support the Hodgman Government’s bid to persuade the full bench of the Federal Court.
When Braddon MP, Joan Rylah, tabled her Notice of Motion in Parliament yesterday it was designed to divide the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.
Discussions around treaty need to be entered into with an open mind and an open heart, but Premier Hodgman it would seem is just like the rest of them.