Pressure continues on Hill Street Grocer to stop selling toxic salmon
Concerned community members have again taken action in front of Hill Street Grocer today in Lauderdale. Bob Brown Foundation was joined by locals calling on the supermarket to stop selling industrially farmed salmon. The protest is part of the Bob Brown Foundation’s “Hill Street Gross” campaign, which is focusing on Hill Street Grocer over its […]
New disease outbreak in factory fish farms is a harbinger of a dreadful summer
The announcement today by factory fish farm operator Tassal, that an outbreak of P.Salmonis is occurring in their cages in the D’Entrecastuex channel is a clear warning. With a predicted extreme marine heatwave, this summer will be a catastrophe for Tasmania’s waters. Bob Brown Foundation is calling on the Rockliff government to act immediately and […]
Tasmanian forest defenders given severe house curfews for protest
Two retired Tasmanian health professionals have today been placed on an outrageous nightly curfew until January 2027 after protesting to defend Tasmania’s native forests. “This is just wrong. Protesters are willing to wear their charges for civil disobedience when breaking unjust laws that protect the loggers, but outrageous bail conditions imposing house imprisonment on forest […]
Forty join protest in Tasmanian forests, with three arrests
Tasmania Police are on site and have arrested three people today as forest defenders participated in a mass mobilisation in Tasmania’s forests, calling for protection of native forests, endangered wildlife habitat and restoration of degraded forests. “The whole world is fighting to combat the climate and extinction crises. On this island of Lutruwita we have […]
The end of the line for Tasmania’s cable logging machines
Forest defenders staged a demonstration today at a southern Tasmanian timber mill to highlight two idle cable logging machines they say must be decommissioned. Two cable logging machines have been sitting idle at the timber mill in southern Tasmania for at least twelve months. “These destructive machines must never return to forests. It will be […]
Bob Brown congratulates new Greens leaders
Former Greens leader Bob Brown has congratulated the new Greens leader David Shoebridge and deputy leader Steph Hodgins-May. “Here’s a formidable new Greens team. It’s a pivotal moment in national politics and the three corporate-captured, Trump-friendly parties are on notice. Albanese’s Labor bunker must be having apoplexy,” Brown said.
Critica’s Takayna mine plan is rainforest destruction for war profiteering.
In an announcement to the ASX, Critica Limited (formerly Venture Minerals) has disclosed that 75% of its revenue from the proposed Mt Lindsay mine would be from tungsten it hopes to supply to US military supply chains. China, which produces 80% of the globe’s tungsten, is restricting supply, and the US military has been actively […]
Activists demand Australia act to end whaling and ban krill fishing at the International Whaling Commission in Hobart.
International delegates from all around the world today where met with a large group of protesters demanding an end to whaling as they arrived at International whaling Commission ( IWC ) meeting in Hobart. Although commercial whaling was banned in 1986, Iceland, Norway, Japan and the Faroe Islands/Denmark continue to kill whales and dolphins. In […]
Toxic salmon industry fish deaths and waste fuels need for a giant waste dump in Tasmania’s Central Highlands
A development application for a giant waste dump in Tasmania’s Central Highlands shows just how far-reaching the impacts of the factory fish farm industry are. The application reveals that 85% of the 73,500 tonnes of waste to be dumped at the proposed site comes from the toxic salmon industry. Bob Brown Foundation is calling for […]
Tasmania’s forests must not become fuel for the AI data centre onrush
The Tasmanian Government wants forest destruction to power AI data centres, claiming logging and burning forests are a renewable energy option when they are not. The government’s new expectations for data centres and AI infrastructure developers identify “forestry waste” as one of the energy technologies proponents should explore. The plan, one of several “renewable” energy […]