Media Releases

MEDIA RELEASE: Tasmania’s environment is in a state of decline confirms official environment report

September 18, 2024

Yesterday, Tasmania’s new State of the Environment Report was published. The report provides a health check of Tasmania’s natural environment and how well it’s being managed. The report is deeply concerning with 27 out of the 29 indicators, used in the report to assess...

MEDIA RELEASE: Dud deal with Dutton on nature laws would betray communities and nature

September 12, 2024

11 September 2024 Conservation Councils from all Australia States and Territories are calling on the Albanese Government to rule out a deal with the Liberal Party that would weaken proposed Nature Positive laws. The groups are calling on the Government and Senate Crossbench to...

MEDIA RELEASE: Tassie businesses call for the removal of salmon farms to safeguard the Maugean skate

September 11, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE 11 September 2023 For immediate release: Tassie businesses call for the removal of salmon farms to safeguard the Maugean skate In an open letter to the Federal Environment Minister, the newly launched Business Alliance for the Maugean skate (BAM) highlights the risk...

MEDIA RELEASE: Woolworths faces world’s first shareholder resolution to prevent an extinction

September 04, 2024

Australian supermarket giant Woolworths will be the first company in the world to face a shareholder resolution aiming to prevent an extinction event. At the Woolworths AGM on 31 October, company shareholders will be asked to vote on whether Woolworths should stop sourcing farmed...

MEDIA RELEASE: Decade-late State of the Environment Report should be immediately released

August 30, 2024

Decade-late State of the Environment Report should be immediately released Today, 28 organisations have signed an open letter to the Rockliff Government calling for the immediate publication of the first State of the Environment Report in 15 years and for the government to act...

MEDIA RELEASE: Tasmanian community overwhelmingly rejects proposed retrospective changes to State Coastal Policy

August 23, 2024

Tasmanian community overwhelmingly rejects proposed retrospective changes to State Coastal Policy With just over 400 submissions made in the briefest of public comment periods, 97% of submissions received by the Tasmanian Government were opposed to the proposed retrospective changes to the State Coastal Policy....

MEDIA RELEASE: Right to Information refused: Government involvement in the drafting of the State of the Environment Report 2024 remains unclear

August 14, 2024

In June 2024, Environment Tasmania asked The Tasmanian Planning Commission to release correspondence between the State Government and The Commission where it concerned the State of the Environment Report 2024. The Commission is obligated to provide this information under the Right to Information Act...

MEDIA RELEASE: CAPTIVE BABY MAUGEAN SKATE NEEDS A HEALTHY HARBOUR FREE FROM SALMON

August 13, 2024

“Environment Tasmania welcomes the encouraging news and remarkable achievement that IMAS scientists have successfully hatched baby Maugean skates from an egg laid in captivity. However, we stress that the captive breeding program cannot work in isolation. The fact remains that these captive skates will need a healthy Macquarie...

MEDIA RELEASE: Proposed changes to Tasmania’s Coastal Policy touches community nerve

August 01, 2024

Media Release, 1 August 2024 ET/PMAT/TCT/ACS Proposed changes to Tasmania’s Coastal Policy touches community nerve A coalition of community groups concerned for Tasmania’s coasts have welcomed the hundreds of public submissions made in response to the Tasmanian Government’s proposed legislation to retrospectively change the...

MEDIA RELEASE: DUNALLEY COMMUNITY SHOWS UP TO COASTAL POLICY PUBLIC MEETING WITH CONCERN THIS COULD OPEN UP COAST TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

July 31, 2024

23rd of July, 2024 MEDIA RELEASE: DUNALLEY COMMUNITY SHOWS UP TO COASTAL POLICY PUBLIC MEETING WITH CONCERN THIS COULD OPEN UP COAST TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT Residents gathered at Dunalley Community Hall last night in a show of support for their coasts and to discuss proposed changes...