Log from Swift Parrot habitat dumped on MONA congress
Log from Swift Parrot habitat dumped on MONA congress The macabre truth of logging in critically endangered Swift Parrot habitat has been revealed today at MONA. “To the horror o
Protests enter second week, defending Swift Parrot habitat in Tasmania’s south
John Martin has locked onto the access gate to rescue Swift Parrot habitat from logging in Tasmania’s south. This morning, loggers, Forestry Tasmania and hired security are also
First time in history secrecy surrounding logging of threatened species habitat in Tasmania uncovered
A new age of accountability for the logging of native forests and Swift Parrot habitat has emerged from a Supreme court case by the Bob Brown Foundation. For the first time ever a
Tasmanian Premier Rockiff urged to protect all Swift Parrot breeding habitat
13,000 hectares of Swift Parrot breeding habitat on Tasmania’s three-year logging schedule Bob Brown Foundation campaigners have written to Premier Rockliff today urging him to p
Labor’s Tanya fails on extinction day
“Einstein said that you can’t fix a problem with the mindset that caused it. But Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek, is out to prove him wrong,” Bob Brown said in Hobart t
Bob Brown faces Magistrates Court without police reasoning.
Bob Brown will appear in the Magistrates Court tomorrow, 20 July, at 10.00 am. In criminal cases before the Magistrates Court, police are expected to disclose their file material t
Wilderness photographer arrested defending Swift Parrot habitat
One of Tasmania’s most renowned wilderness photographers, Rob Blakers, has been arrested by police after refusing to leave an area of critically endangered Swift Parrot habitat b
Tasmania lags behind nation as they log habitat of critically endangered species
Forests in eastern Tasmania are this morning being defended by citizens calling for the protection of Swift Parrot habitat. One person is locked onto logging machinery and another
Week of action defending Tasmania’s native forests while governments oversee threatened species habitat loss
A protest in Swift Parrot habitat suffering logging remains in place for the second day. The current native forest occupation is in the Eastern Tiers of Tasmania, where a defiant f
SWIFT PARROTS FOUND ON SITE OF MMG’S PROPOSED TARKINE WASTE DUMP
Critically Endangered Swift Parrots were recorded over the last breeding season in the takayna rainforests threatened by MMG’s controversial mine waste dump. A new book and exhib