Fish farm industry profits protected at all costs, even when destroying Tasmania’s waters.
Fisheries Tasmania has reminded the public that there is a bag limit on Huon Aquaculture’s escaped salmon, despite these fish being an introduced and invasive species. Bob Brown
Toxic algal blooms on the Tasman Peninsula
Only weeks after taking action against Tassal’s factory salmon farms at Long Bay on the Tasman Peninsula, toxic algal blooms have now been detected at White Beach and Nubeena. Bo
Defence of takayna / Tarkine gets global attention.
The global media network Al Jazeera has today broadcast a twenty-five-minute story highlighting our campaign to defend takayna rainforest from Chinese state-owned miner MMG’s pro
Toxic salmon industry out of control and should be shut down.
Huon Aquaculture has confirmed the escape of up to 50,000 salmon into the Huon and Channel, and Bob Brown Foundation is calling on Tassal to confirm their own salmon escape of up t
Suspension of FSC certification for Burnie woodchip mill exposes risks of continued native forest logging.
Pentarch, operator of the Massey-Greene woodchip mill in Burnie, has had its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification suspended after failing a compliance audit by the certif
Tasmania ruled by corporations
Tasmania’s government has abandoned its citizens and shamefully bowed to corporate interests by passing new anti-protest laws. “These new anti-protest laws are written for the
Environment defenders celebrated by Bob Brown Foundation
Today’s winners of Bob Brown Foundation’s 11th annual Environment Awards are recognised for their real achievements for a world in environmental crisis. The awards are presente
Time ticking for threatened species – Tasmanian Premier must act to protect wildlife
Today, peaceful protesters will demonstrate outside Parliament House in nipaluna / Hobart to draw attention to National Threatened Species Day. On this day, 7 September, in 1936, t
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