Media Releases

Braddon Voters Turn Up in Force for Marine and Energy Election Forum

July 11, 2025

Braddon voters turned out in force last night to put their questions directly to candidates on the environmental issues that matter most to their communities - from marine protection, salmon farming, and the new sardine fishery, to Robbins Island, Marinus and access to affordable...

Secrecy on harbour oxygen levels leaves endangered Maugean skate in the dark

July 10, 2025

Macquarie Harbour’s critically endangered Maugean skate is edging back from the brink, yet the Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has not published a single dissolved-oxygen (DO) profile for 2025, a lapse that makes it impossible to judge whether the species’ fragile recovery is continuing...

Environment Off the Election Agenda? This Could Jeopardise Jobs & The Economy Say 26 Groups

June 30, 2025

Tasmania’s ‘clean and pristine’ brand underpins tens of thousands of jobs and brings billions of dollars into the state. Yet, neither major party has demonstrated any real leadership in the lead up to the election in tackling Tasmania’s declining environment and deteriorating image. Accordingly,...

Tasmania is on track to lose its status as a ‘clean energy leader’

June 23, 2025

Tasmania’s renewable energy generation is set to slump to 66% by 2030, down from a near 100% in recent years, according to a new national report released today. The State of the Transition report, commissioned by Australia’s conservation councils, highlights key steps for governments to...

Australia’s Conservation Councils Protest Woodside’s “Carbon Bomb”

June 04, 2025

Environment Tasmania stands with fellow Conservation Councils around Australia in opposition to Woodside’s destructive North West Shelf project. With June 4th declared a National Day of Action, Conservation Councils in every state and territory have protested against the Labor Government’s approval of the North West...

Woodside’s North West Shelf Extension: A Climate Catastrophe in the Making

May 28, 2025

Maddie McShane, Energy & Climate Campaigner, Environment Tasmania, said: “This gas expansion isn’t just a threat to Western Australia’s environment- it’s a national climate risk. The emissions will affect all of us, from WA to Tasmania. Climate change doesn’t stop at state borders,...

New ASC Farm Standard serves salmon industry, not oceans

May 13, 2025

Across the globe, conservation groups from major salmon farming regions – Norway, Canada, Chile, Scotland, and Australia – have criticized the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s (ASC) newly released Farm Standard for continuing to endorse irresponsible salmon farming practices that place wild fish and marine ecosystems...

Keep Sardines Wild, Not on Salmon’s Menu

April 21, 2025

The Tasmanian government is planning an enormous sardine industry on the coast of Tasmania and this has now been confirmed in RTI documents obtained by the ABC this Easter weekend as a venture that the salmon industry encouraged and acknowledged as “important for Tasmania”...

Polling shows two thirds of Tasmanians support reducing salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour to protect the Maugean skate

March 26, 2025

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Tasmanians support reducing salmon farming to the level necessary to protect the Maugean skate Only 30% of Tasmanians support the introduction of special laws for the salmon industry. In all five Tasmanian Federal electorates opposition to special laws has double...

Environment Tasmania welcomes the RSPCA decision to revoke Huon Aquaculture's certification

March 20, 2025

"We applaud the RSPCA in taking the appropriate step in revoking Huon Aquaculture's certification in light of the recent mass disease outbreak and mortality events at Tasmania salmon factory farms. Fish are sentient beings, and the pain and suffering that would have been experienced...