Media Releases

MEDIA RELEASE: Macqurie Point Sewage Solution Must be Found

January 18, 2023

18th January 2023 The TasWater waste treatment plant at Macquarie Point plant has been regularly in breach of its EPA commitments and leaking chemicals into the Derwent Estuary creating a “high risk” of toxicity. This is entirely unacceptable. It is also unacceptable that...

MEDIA RELEASE - IMAS Report Points to Larger Issues of Coastal Neglect

August 09, 2022

9th August 2022 The Long Bay IMAS report linking algal blooms to the salmon farms has confirmed what local community members have long suspected, and point to a long history of mismanagement of Tasmania's waterways. "This report confirms that the community's fears...