Robbins Island Decision Deeply Disappointing
TASCAT's decision to allow the Robbins Island proposal to go ahead is deeply disappointing
Nov
2023
27
Threatened Species
Nov
2023
23
Forestry Tasmania – Threatened Species
Tasmanians were very distressed earlier this year to see an image of this young Tasmanian devil that was incinerated in a logging burn.
Nov
2023
22
Tasmanian Irrigation – Threatened Species
To continue that, I'd be interested to understand a bit more of some of the EPBC challenges.
Nov
2023
1
Macquarie Harbour – Salmon Farming
It has been wrong, especially, for the biodiversity of Macquarie Harbour, with the impacts not just on the Maugean skate. Tassal salmon pens had dead zones.
Sep
2023
12
Swift Parrot – Habitat Protection
Forestry Tasmania is logging swift parrot habitat in the Wentworth Hills, Florentine, Styx and other important areas now.
Sep
2023
7
Threatened Species
It is Threatened Species Day and the minister for the Environment has just given an eloquent Speeches on behalf of industry.
Sep
2023
7
Threatened Species
The swift parrot is the fastest parrot in the world, an endemic breeder here in Tasmania and 100 per cent reliant on Tasmania's forests.
Sep
2023
7
Salmon Farming – Threat to Maugean Skate in Macquarie Harbour
It is National Threatened Species Day and, in a sorry gong for Tasmania, it is the anniversary of the last known thylacine.
Aug
2023
9
1080 Poison – Permit For Use on Property with Threatened Species
Minister, are you aware that a permit has been issued by your department to use 1080 poison on a property in the Southern Midlands?
Jun
2023
29
Minister Plibersek Must Muscle Up on Malbena, Save Skate and Swift Parrot
From the moment Tanya Plibersek stepped off the plane yesterday, she has been handwringing on critical areas of her portfolio responsibility in Tasmania.