Threatened Species Day sees Maugean Skate in more peril than 12 months ago
Today, Threatened Species Day, marks a grim milestone for the Maugean Skate.
Tasmanian forest defender released from prison after 3 months
Dr Colette Harmsen, a veterinarian and forest activist, has today been released from Mary Hutchinsons Women’s Prison after serving a three month sentence relating to her defence of Tasmania’s native forests. Dr Harmsen is the first woman in Tasmania to be sentenced to a prison term for environmental activism. “Thank you to everybody who has […]
Dump Marinus Link Now
Tasmania’s Premier Rockliff and Energy Minister Barnett have been forced to admit today that Marinus Link is in a financial mess which will drive up Tasmanians’ power bills. “The Government must come clean on the extent of the mess and to dump this millstone around Tasmania’s neck.,” said Christine Milne, Bob Brown Foundation Patron. “Tasmanians […]
Plibersek goes with miners, snubs environmentalists at Tullah.
The national Minister for the Environment dined with senior mining officials rather than Bob Brown and fellow environmentalists, two tables away, at Tullah on Tasmania’s west coast tonight. As Brown was leaving Minister Plibersek caught up with him and repeated her offer to meet him in urban Burnie as she is leaving the state tomorrow. […]
