Protest in Tasmania’s forests highlights logging contract threat
Premier Rockliff can secure the future of Tasmanians and the island’s precious forests by ending the renewal of logging contracts, protecting native forests and their wildlife, and leading this state out of decades-long destruction. Bob Brown Foundation joins calls for a cessation of negotiations on the renewal of native forest logging contracts, while highlighting forest […]
Budget environmental disaster looms – Bob Brown
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget allocation of $500m for faster approvals for energy, critical minerals and housing projects spells more disaster for Australia’s endangered wildlife including koalas, swift parrots and greater gliders, former Senator and environmentalist Bob Brown said in Melbourne today. “It will also help override Aboriginal heritage protection.” “Instead of earmarking that $500 million […]
Algal blooms and dead marine life require urgent action from Tasmanian government
Reports and images are now coming in of what appears to be a red tide in places such as Randalls Bay, Little Roaring Beach, Little Taylors Bay and elsewhere up and down the D’Entrecasteaux Channel.
Grandmother defends ancient forest, chained to logging machine
Logging has been halted in Tasmanian Devil and Eastern Quoll habitat today.
Drone video captures five seals trapped inside a Tassal factory fish farm
Bob Brown Foundation has captured video of five seals trapped inside a Tassal factory fish farm near Conningham, in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. The five seals were filmed yesterday, with a report immediately filed with the NRE Marine Mammal Incident Response Team. The fate of the seals remains unknown, with Bob Brown Foundation unable to stay […]
Industrial fish farms responsible for dolphin killings must be shut down
The revelations, through RTI documents, of the horrible, suffering deaths of dolphins trapped in the nets of industrial fish farms should be condemned and the government should shut down the operations of the companies responsible. In other federally-managed fisheries, the death of seabirds, such as albatross, results in the immediate cessation of fishing and vessels being […]
Ensuring that forests are intact is critical for meeting net zero
A recent Opinion Piece in The Mercury by the forestry lobby group Forestry Australia highlighted the importance of forests in meeting Australia’s Net Zero targets
Public awareness campaign “SwisseKrills” launched to encourage wellness company Swisse to stop selling controversial and environmentally destructive krill oil supplements
Bob Brown Foundation launched a public awareness campaign today, featuring wellness company Swisse and their sale of krill oil supplements. Large, prominent, and satirical billboards and posters have gone up in Melbourne and Sydney, highlighting Swisse’s role in destructive krill fishing in Antarctica. This accompanies a new website and public awareness campaign. Bob Brown Foundation […]
Mass mortality review document reveals an industry that learnt nothing – millions more farmed salmon set to die this summer
Today’s release of the meekly titled “Reflections and Learnings” of last summer’s mass mortality event, where up to three million farmed salmon died a horrible death, is a complete waste of time. Worse, it is a dereliction of duty from a government in this age of ocean warming and grave environmental risks. “The Tasmanian Government’s […]
Fate of Takayna World Heritage forests being arranged by mining company MMG
Prime Minister Albanese and Environment Minister Murray Watt are predicted to decide for Chinese state-owned corporation MMG’s ‘preliminary’ works on a proposed mine tailings waste dam to store acid waste from its Rosebery mine in the ancient Takayna rainforest. The to-be-destroyed rainforest, located at McKimmie Creek, is prime habitat for the endangered Tasmanian Masked Owl.
