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Mt Wellington Cableway CompanyParliamentary Activity - After five years of being cheered on by your Government, supported by the public resources of State Growth and enabled by legislation that was supported by every Liberal and Labor member in this place, the Mt Wellington Cableway Company... Cassy O'Connor MP - 13 Jun 2019 |
MWCC Moves In on kunanyi, Facing Public OppositionMedia Release - The 6,000 or more Tasmanians who gathered in protest in the foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington last May stand ready to defend the mountain from the Mt Wellington Cableway Company and their enablers in both the major parties. Cassy O'Connor MP - 12 Jun 2019 |
kunanyi/Mt Wellington Cable Car AuthorityMedia Release - It is a complete distortion of fact for Minister Gutwein to claim he wants the divisive kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car to ‘stand on its own two feet.’ Cassy O'Connor MP - 22 Mar 2019 |
Leonie Hiscutt MLC in Political La-La LandMedia Release - The Leader of Government Business in the Legislative Council, Leonie Hiscutt MLC, is in political la-la land if she thinks Labor stands for the environment. If only that was the case. Cassy O'Connor MP - 13 Mar 2019 |
Liberals Ignore Community Opposition, Back in Cable CarMedia Release - The Hodgman Liberals have proven once again they are a government in lock step with big business in their latest move to progress a commercial cable car on kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Cassy O'Connor MP - 13 Feb 2019 |
Hodgman Refuses to Rule Out Further Support for Cable CarMedia Release - In Parliament today, the Premier refused to rule out further tangible support for the proposed cable car. Cassy O'Connor MP - 21 Aug 2018 |
kunanyi / Mount Wellington Cable CarParliamentary Activity - Ms O'CONNOR question to MINISTER for STATE GROWTH, Mr GUTWEIN Can you confirm statements made by the proponents of the Mount Wellington cable car to South Hobart residents that: Cassy O'Connor MP - 3 May 2018 |
Cable Car Enabling Bill Strong Echoes of Paul Lennon and John GayMedia Release - Draft legislation to oil the wheels for a private cable car development on kunanyi/Mt Wellington is the worst piece of enabling legislation to hit the Tasmanian Parliament since Paul Lennon and John Gay's Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007. Cassy O'Connor MP - 15 Jul 2017 |
Labor in Step with Liberals on Cable CarMedia Release - Labor Leader, Rebecca White, has confirmed her party supports the construction of a cable car on kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Cassy O'Connor MP - 16 Jun 2017 |
Groom's Blurring of Public and Private Lines on Cable CarMedia Release - Public resources are being used to enable the private development of a cable car to the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington, in a secretive process being facilitated by the Office of the Coordinator General. Cassy O'Connor MP - 6 Jun 2017 |
Ministerial Responsibility for Crown LandsParliamentary Activity - For the first time that we know of Crown Land Services has been taken away from the Minister for Environment and Parks. Cassy O'Connor MP - 5 Apr 2017 |
Why Did the Premier Take Crown Land Responsibility Away From Groom?Media Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens' Leader In a move he failed to explain when asked by the Greens in Question Time today, the Premier has relieved Environment and Parks Minister, Matthew Groom, of his responsibility for Crown Lands. - 5 Apr 2017 |
Cable Car Land Deal Smells Like CronyismMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens' Leader and Member for Denisonkunanyi/Mt Wellington should be protected for its outstanding natural and cultural values, not carved up by the Liberals to suit a single developer pushing a single, divisive project. - 26 Feb 2017 |
Cable Car Will Be Tested by Planning CommissionMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens LeaderIt is almost certain that the proposed Mount Wellington Cable Car will be declared a Project of State Significance (POSS) and assessed by the Tasmanian Planning Commission.The State Policies and Projects... - 8 Aug 2016 |
'Open For Business' Ensures Cable Car Proponent's Easy RideMedia Release - The gazettal today of a boundary extension to the development zone on kunanyi/Mt Wellington is proof that 'open for business' means private developers can be assured they will be given ready access to public assets under this Liberal... Cassy O'Connor MP - 4 Nov 2015 |