Hundreds of people hit the water to protest against toxic salmon industry
Today, hundreds of people took to the water in Long Bay on the Tasman Peninsula to protest against Tassal returning salmon to this beautiful bay. The crowd heard from Dr Bob Brown,
Brown labels Albanese’s scheme ‘greenwash’
“The Albanese biodiversity credits scheme will be a farce in the face of Australia’s extinction crisis, former Greens Leader Bob Brown said in Hobart today. “It could lead to
Draconian anti-protest laws clear Tasmania’s Legislative Council
With the passage of the Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill 2022 through the Legislative Council, the government’s draconian attack on public protest will retur
Mining giant MMG ordered to pay BBF costs
The Federal Court has ordered Beijing-owned mining giant MMG to pay Bob Brown Foundation’s costs following the ruling that the Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek ha
Protests continue to block Tassal ship
Today, Bob Brown Foundation activists again halted the Tassal ship Aqua Spa from pumping salmon into 16 pens in Long Bay near Port Arthur. The BBF boat travelled out to the heads o
Plibersek’s horror Burrup decision.
Most Australians will view with horror Federal minister Tanya Plibersek’s facilitation of a fertiliser factory displacing and polluting more of the world’s greatest rock art si
Community stands up to Big Salmon in Long Bay.
Today, the Bob Brown Foundation halted Tassal’s factory vessel the AQUA SPA from pumping salmon back into the 16 empty pens at Long Bay, near World Heritage Port Arthur. The Salm
Tasmanian Salmon Industry met with direct action on the water for the first time.
Today, for the first time ever, environmentalists have halted fish farm company Tassal’s operations as they attempted to return salmon to Long Bay on the Tasman peninsula. Us
Canadian seafood giant Cooke to trash Tasmania’s waters
The Tassal takeover means the foreign takeover of Tasmania’s Atlantic Salmon fish farming is complete and the Tasmanian public can see that the profits from this industry are flo
Bob Brown backs residents blocking bulldozers.
Former Greens leader and environmentalist Bob Brown says the residents who have blocked the bulldozers tearing down the Gelorup woodlands south of Perth are the new-age Noahs the w