Media Releases

Consultation confirms healthy oceans must come first in Tasmania's proposed sardine fishery

August 04, 2026

Environment Tasmania says the Government's consultation report on the proposed sardine fishery confirms what Tasmanians have been saying from the beginning: if any fishery is developed at all, it must put healthy oceans and resilient ecosystems first. The report found that ecosystem impacts were...

Federal and Tasmanian state crossbench call on UNESCO to intervene in Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage

July 24, 2026

This week, members of the crossbench of the Tasmanian parliament and Upper House have called on UNESCO to conduct a reactive monitoring mission in the mismanagement of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA), which would include investigation into the handling of endangered Maugean...

Half a billion litres of under-treated sewage spilled across Tasmania in 2024-25 according to Environment Tasmania’s ‘Map the Crap’

June 24, 2026

“Over 27 million litres of under-treated sewage was dumped above Launceston’s key tourist destination, Cataract Gorge, putting locals and over 400,000 tourists at risk of exposure to harmful pathogens and toxins”, says Lucy Tremain, Freshwater Campaigner at Environment Tasmania Key information ● TasWater released...

Maugean Skate population indicates population in decline and on the move - NOT on the Up.

June 10, 2026

Today’s release of the IMAS population report for the Endangered Maugean skate points to a population on a cliff’s edge. The report indicates that numbers in the skate population is moving into the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, and numbers in the areas...

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Budget delivers important wins for Tasmania’s marine environment amid difficult fiscal climate

May 22, 2026

Environment Tasmania and Kuno have welcomed important commitments for Tasmania’s marine environment in this year’s State Budget, while acknowledging the difficult context in which the budget has been delivered. The budget includes $500,000 towards development of the proposed Marine Environment Tasmania Act (META), alongside...

Federal Budget: funding prioritises “dangerous” devolution of federal environmental decision-making to states and territories over nature protection

May 14, 2026

Australia’s State and Territory Conservation Councils have raised concerns that the Federal Budget will undermine protections for world heritage places like Kakadu, the Tasmanian Wilderness and the Great Barrier Reef, by accelerating a handover of federal environmental approval powers to state and territory...

Call for Federal intervention by the Environment Minister into Tasmanian salmon regulation comes to Canberra.

March 23, 2026

Members of the Tasmanian community along with Indigenous, NGO and business representatives are headed for Canberra on Monday 23rd on a mission to save the ancient Endangered Maugean Skate with a strong message to Australia’s Parliament: Follow the science, protect world heritage and remove...

Macquarie Harbour oxygen levels declined in 2025, shows new EPA data

March 14, 2026

The data also comes after a NRE report was quietly published that revealed the Tasmanian Government's intention to increase salmon farm licences from annual renewals to 10 years - meaning decade long approvals. “Given the shock revelation that the Tasmanian Government is...

Tasmanian Fishing and Community Leaders Release Scathing Joint Letter on Proposed Sardine Fishery

March 04, 2026

Tasmanian fishing representatives and community leaders today publicly released a joint letter to the Minister for Primary Industries outlining concerns about the proposed development of a sardine fishery in Tasmanian waters. Read the letter here. The signatories — including recreational fishers, current and former...

FOI reveals Albanese Government ignored department finding and advice, dismantled Nature laws, harming the skate’s recovery

March 04, 2026

“We are rushing toward the first year anniversary of the EPBC Act Amendment, and in that time, we have not seen major improvements on outcomes for the Endangered Maugean skate. The only beneficiary of that decision is the polluting salmon industry. At the cost...