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Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Threatened Species

It is Threatened Species Day and the minister for the Environment has just given an eloquent speech on behalf of industry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Sep 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Farming - Threat to Maugean Skate in Macquarie Harbour

It is National Threatened Species Day and, in a sorry gong for Tasmania, it is the anniversary of the last known thylacine.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Sep 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Pressure Mounting on Macquarie Harbour Industrial Fish Farms

Pressure is mounting for the fish farm industry's best practice certification to be axed for Macquarie Harbour operations

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Jul 2023


Swift Parrot

Minister Plibersek Must Muscle Up on Malbena, Save Skate and Swift Parrot

From the moment Tanya Plibersek stepped off the plane yesterday, she has been handwringing on critical areas of her portfolio responsibility in Tasmania.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Jun 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Estimates Reply – Palmer

The Tasmanian fish farm industry's social licence is trashed in many quarters.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Jun 2023


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Premier – Fish Farms

We would like to understand why you don't make those corporations pay more.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Primary Industries and Water – Fish Farm Regulation

What will be the fees and levies to cover management costs in 2023-24?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Jun 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Maugean Skate - Critically Endangered Status

The recent research by IMAS has the ancient Maugean skate on the brink of extinction.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 May 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry

At your cosy Liberal Party donor dinner last year, you promised JBS and Cooke you would do everything global salmon wanted.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 May 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Rockliff Must Rule Out Weakening Environmental Laws

Premier Jeremy Rockliff must rule out any steps to weaken Tasmania’s environmental protection laws, or to expand industrial fish farming operations.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  24 May 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Fish Farm Plan Fail

Despite big promises from multiple Liberal Ministers, the slim document released today delivers none of what’s needed to clean up this damaging industry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  1 May 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Finfish Environmental Standards - Public Consultation

This week, the long-awaited draft Finfish Environmental Standards public consultation process completed.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  30 Mar 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry - Use of Antibiotics

Today, the CSIRO is warning us of a looming health crisis from drug-resistant super bugs caused by the wanton misuse of antibiotics in livestock.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  28 Feb 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Liberal Government Priorities

Just who do you govern for? It is certainly not for the battlers or everyday Tasmanians.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  28 Feb 2023


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Liberals Dismiss CSIRO Health Warning on Salmon Antibiotics

Broad scale dumping of antibiotics into public waterways is light years from 'world's best practice'

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Feb 2023


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Liberals’ Salmon Antibiotics Failure

The Government-directed EPA are failing in their duty to enforce effective monitoring and reporting of antibiotic use and spread throughout the food chain

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Feb 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals' Ten Year Salmon Plan Sham

The Greens share the concerns of coastal communities and conservationists about the Liberals’ Ten Year Salmon Plan.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Jan 2023


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Hydro Not the Fix for Macquarie Harbour Fish Farm Mess

Before questioning from the Greens was shut down by the Liberals in GBE Estimates, Hydro confirmed it is joining a committee run by fish farm growers.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  2 Dec 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Hydro Tasmania - Macquarie Harbour

Has Hydro been requested to modify flows to ameliorate the dissolved oxygen levels in the harbour?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  2 Dec 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry - 10-Year Plan

In December 2017, we had the Sustainable Industry Growth Plan for the Salmon Industry. That is now five years old.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Nov 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Cooke Cancelled in US Waters

Cooke Aquaculture’s last fish farm leases in US Puget Sound had their renewals denied by Washington State.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Nov 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Salmon Farmers’ Antibiotic Contamination Chilling

News more than a tonne of antibiotic-spiked feed have been silently dumped into salmon pens, also contaminating native fish and marine sediments, is chilling

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Nov 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Salmon Industry - Presence of JBS and Cooke

Can you confirm that last Wednesday, you hosted an exclusive Liberal Party fundraising dinner, for which tickets were $4400 per head?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  10 Nov 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberal Party Fundraiser Courts Big Salmon

Premier Rockliff has refused to talk about the donations salmon giants give to Liberal Party coffers

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Nov 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Feed a Health and Marine Danger

Reports animal feed additive Ethoxyquin - banned in Europe because of dangers for human health & aquatic life - has been found in Tasmanian salmon are alarming.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Oct 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Salmon - Presence of Ethoxyquin

Toxicology experts have concluded those levels combined exceed even Australia's inadequate ethoxyquin maximum limit.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Oct 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry - Marine Operations of JBS and Cooke Canada

In 2017, Tassal CEO, Mark Ryan, trumpeted his companies claim to be setting the salmon industry on a sustainable trajectory by getting out of inshore waters.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Oct 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry

Tasmania's home-grown salmon industry has been gobbled up by international corporations with long records of environmental and workplace crimes.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Sep 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Aqua Spa - Salmon Protest

I thank the Bob Brown Foundation and the community around Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula for their peaceful protest this morning.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Aug 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Long Bay Protest Stands Up to Toxic Salmon Industry

The Greens stand with the residents of the Tasman Peninsula defending their waterways.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Aug 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry - Foreign Investment

After years of unchecked expansion and worsening environmental and social impacts, Tasmania's fish farming industry is about to enter its darkest phase.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  17 Aug 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Jaensch Confirms Salmon Status Quo as Foreign Companies Circle

No Tasmanian would be comforted by the Environment Minister’s attempted assurances in Parliament today.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Aug 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Estimates Reply – Palmer

Ms Palmer is the latest in a line of Labor and Liberal salmon industry supplicants.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  14 Jun 2022


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Primary Industries and Water – Tasman Peninsula Increase in Pens

Can you please provide an explanation for why there has been an increase of pens in Nubeena on the Tasman Peninsula?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Jun 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Primary Industries and Water – Seal Deaths

Minister, are you concerned at the gross use of underwater explosives, more than 8000 underwater explosives that are used for the purpose of scaring seals?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Jun 2022


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Primary Industries and Water – Fin Fish Farming Inquiry

What we have here is a massive document, the Legislative Council's sub-committee report on fin fish farming in Tasmania.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Jun 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Primary Industries and Water – JBS

I draw your attention to the purchase of Huon Aquaculture last November by JBS, a Brazilian meat company, the largest protein producer on the planet.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Jun 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry - Impact on Drinking Water Supply

Esteemed water quality scientist Christine Coughanowr has identified systemic problems with flow-through salmon hatcheries in the Derwent.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Jun 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Finfish Industry - Implementation of Committee Recommendations

The Legislative Council's extensive public inquiry into the finfish industry has delivered its report.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 May 2022


Money, Australian Dollars, Notes

Foreign Investment Review Board - Decisions

Where we see evidence of corruption or profiting from the proceeds of crime, we should be able to acknowledge and name it.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  4 May 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

JBS Purchase of Huon Aquaculture

The takeover of Huon Aquaculture by that JBS meat giant in November last year was a shock to so many Tasmanians.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  4 May 2022


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

JBS - Reputation

The use of the proceeds of crime to fund a venture is illegal. JBS has been convicted of that crime in the United States.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  4 May 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Liberals Must Act on JBS Bribe Scandal

Yesterday’s Four Corners expose about behemoth Brazilian meat processor JBS revealed shocking bribery, environmental damage and workplace negligence.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Apr 2022


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Wild Fish Protections AWOL

Leaked photos of hundreds of wild fish trapped and killed in a salmon farm are yet another example of the concerning environmental impacts of this indudstry

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Dec 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

TasWater – Aquaculture Nutrients

A probable component of the nutrient algae overgrowth includes the intensification of aquaculture activities.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Dec 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Living Marine Resources Management Amendment (Aquaculture Research) Bill 2021

The current situation in Tasmania is that we have an extremely chequered and now highly damaged history with salmon farming in Tasmania.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Nov 2021


Man testing water in a river.

Jaensch Greenwashing Tasmanians on Independent EPA

Today, the Minister admitted the ‘new look EPA’ will bear a strong resemblance to the existing model - currently failing communities and the environment.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Oct 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

JBS - Environmental Record

Doesn't the fact an environmental vandal like JBS want to expand into our waterways say everything about your Government's regulations?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Oct 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals' Industrial-Scale Red Herring

The plan to continue the growth of the state’s salmon farming industry in Commonwealth waters is an industrial-scale red herring distraction

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Sep 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Estimates Reply – Minister Barnett

The minister has a delusion that he and this Liberal government can continue to flog our brand and continue to get away with it.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Sep 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Trade - Aquaculture

Today in The Australian they have reported Woolworths has expressed concern at claims that Tasmania's salmon industry certification may not be fit for purpose.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  9 Sep 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Primary Industries - JBS Takeover

Minister, I want to ask you a couple of questions before I leave the committee about JBS and its planned takeover of Huon.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  9 Sep 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Primary Industries - Fish Farming

There is huge concern in coastal communities around Tasmania about your Government's plans to double the size of the Tasmanian fish farming industry.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  9 Sep 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Liberals’ Fish Farm Plan

The Liberals’ new ten-year plan for fish farming in Tasmania is a clear admission they’re worried about the backlash against their cheerleading for the industry

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Sep 2021


Protest, Climate Emergency

Gutwein Government Anti-Protest Laws Target Tens of Thousands of Tasmanians

The amendments to the unconstitutional Workplace (Protection From Protesters) Act 2014 remove the rights of tens of thousands of Tasmanians.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Sep 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Premier - JBS and Fish Farms

Now we know that JBS wants to enter the Tasmanian fish farming sector - after dumping abattoir waste into Porky's Creek on King Island.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Sep 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

JBS attempted takeover in Tasmania

JBS is in the middle of taking over Australia's biggest pork producer, Riverlea.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  2 Sep 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

JBS and Huon Aquaculture

The Benders are selling their shares in Huon Aquaculture after a chequered history of environmental damage, social disregard and animal welfare issues.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 Aug 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Richard Flanagan - Tribute

Richard Flanagan is a Tasmanian writer who has been described by the Washington Post as one of our greatest living novelists.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 Jun 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Salmon Industry’s Seal Cruelty Revealed in RTI Documents

The gross treatment of seals, and apparently normalised culture of cruel and polluting practices, by the salmon industry have been laid bare in RTI documents.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Jun 2021


Man testing water in a river.

Greens Release Plan For Strong, Independent EPA

Lutruwita/Tasmania deserves an independent Environment Protection Agency, with the resources and teeth to put this island’s precious environment first.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Apr 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals and Labor Responsible for Salmon Tipping Point

Lutruwita/Tasmania’s marine environment should be protected to retain its biodiversity, amenity and fish for the future.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Apr 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Greens Release Plan to Protect Tasmania’s Marine Environment

Lutruwita/Tasmania has one of the most biologically diverse marine environments on the planet.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Apr 2021


Line of Electronic Gaming Machines (Pokies)

Greens Release Plan to Make Corporates Pay Their Fair Share

Today the Greens launched our plan to make big corporations to pay their fair share, raising $1.23 billion over the next four years.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Apr 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Impacts of Salmon Farming on Tasmanian Native Marine Life

We received some very shocking RTI today about some devastating impacts of salmon farming on Tasmanian native marine life and birds.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 Mar 2021


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Big Salmon Ducks Scrutiny on Mass Wildlife Deaths

Details, released under Right to Information today, reveal the incredibly devastating impact of salmon farming on Tasmanian native marine life.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  24 Mar 2021


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Estimates Reply - Minister Barnett

The membership of the marine farming review panel was so debased by the time the panel had made that decision that it was technically quorate.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  2 Dec 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Primary Industries – Fish Farming

The proposed expansion in Storm Bay would ensure basically a plastic curtain from North Bruny to Nubeena.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Nov 2020


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Environment and Parks – EPA

It's fair to say, in a general sense, that the fovernment views the environment as a lower priority than the economy.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Nov 2020


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Fish Farming - Reports of Expansion

Tasmanians in coastal areas will be waking up this morning to hear news that their communities are potentially under threat from fish farm expansion.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Nov 2020


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Barnett’s Fish Farm Coast Grab

Tasmanians in coastal areas woke up this morning to news that their communities are potentially under threat from a massive expansion of fish farming.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Nov 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Environmental Protection Authority Inaction

Communities around Tasmania have spent years lodging formal complaints to the EPA about the devastating impacts of fish farm operations on marine waters.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  12 Nov 2020


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Jaensch Flees Environment Scrutiny in Question Time

In Parliament today, the Environment Minister Roger Jaensch chose to run away rather than face this scrutiny. 

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  12 Nov 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Greens Back Dennes Point Declaration

The Greens welcome the newly launched ‘Dennes Point Declaration’, and wholeheartedly support its demands.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Oct 2020


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Government Investigates, Approves Seal Cruelty for Salmon Giant

RTI documents show a DPIPWE investigation into Animal Welfare Act breaches was taking place while the same department was approving an almost identical practice

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Oct 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Tassal Fish Farm Operations - Issues

The fact is Tasmanians know what is going on and they are seeing step changes in marine ecosystems around beaches that are being spoiled.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Oct 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry

The first one I will speak to is in relation to the baseline environment survey required for the marine farming lease at the west of Wedge Island.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 Sep 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Environmental Fine a Warning to the Salmon Industry

While the $40,000 fine imposed on Huon Aquaculture is barely a slap on the wrist to a company making tens of millions in profit every year. 

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  5 May 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Marine Safety Chief Warns of Fish Farm Debris Fatality Risk

Tasmania’s marine safety chief has reiterated his fears a boat user will be killed if they do not remove floating debris in waterways.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Feb 2020


Parliament House, Tasmania

Huon CEO Attacks Parliament Inquiry

Huon Aquaculture CEO Frances Bender has attacked the integrity and purpose of the Legislative Council's Inquiry into Fin Fish Farming.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  21 Feb 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

EPA Evidence Confirms Failure of Independent Fish Farm Regulation

Decisions about fish farms are not being made at arm’s length from ministers, and the EPA is independent in name only.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  21 Feb 2020


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Fishfarm Industry Regulation Long Overdue

The new Premier has the chance to fix the state’s legislation and clean up fish farming in Tasmania.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Feb 2020


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Macquarie Harbour Salmon Escape

Minister Barnett must come clean on reports of mass salmon escapes in degraded Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Dec 2019


Port Arthur, Historic Convict Site, Tasmania

2019 Government Businesses Scrutiny Committee - Port Arthur

Full transcript of the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority hearings in the 2019 Government Businesses Scrutiny Committee.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  3 Dec 2019


Money, Australian Dollars, Notes

2019 Government Businesses Scrutiny Committee - TasCorp

Full transcript of the Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation hearings in the 2019 Government Businesses Scrutiny Committee.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  3 Dec 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Fin Fish Farming in Tasmania Inquiry

Tasmanian greens submission to Legislative Council Sessional Committee Government Administration A Sub-Committee, Fin Fish Farming in Tasmania Inquiry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Submission  |  29 Nov 2019


Risdon Brook Reservoir, Tasmania

Gutwein Refuses to Rule Out Further Public Funds for Twamley Dam

Treasurer Peter Gutwein refused to rule out committing further public funding to bail out the now-precarious Twamley Dam.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Oct 2019


Bruny Island Lighthouse

Seal Death on Bruny Island

Rosalie Woodruff speaks during the adjournment to call on the minister to provide information of the death a seal at Dennes Point.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 Sep 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Tassal Scientific Permit Application

The DPIPWE website's wildlife management page has opened an application for socalled scientific permit, that is available for public comment until 18 September.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Sep 2019


Pills

Labor Leadership Failure

In a time of climate emergency and growing social inequality, political parties need to work together to advance the public interest.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Sep 2019


Doctor with Patient

Listeriosis Deaths

Mr Deputy Speaker, I rise tonight to make some comments about the very sad death last week of two people from listeriosis, a food-borne illness.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  30 Jul 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Science and Evidence

When you do a PhD, you ought to, in my view, have an understanding about logic, about rationality and particularly an understanding about evidence.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  12 Jun 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Labor's Fish Farming Policy Still Unclear

Despite assurances that Labor would intervene to protect the marine environment, last week’s debate in State Parliament puts their confidence in doubt.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  4 May 2019


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Labor's Position on Fish Farms

Rosalie Woodruff moves a motion calling on the Labor Party to outline their position on fish farming ahead of the Federal Election.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 May 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

East Coast Salmon Expansion - Access to Water

Today construction is starting on a pipeline along the Prosser River as part of Tassal's bid to get water for their east coast salmon expansion.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 May 2019


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Labor Must Answer to Coastal Communities on Fish Farm Expansion

When given the opportunity to articulate their policy on large-scale fish farm expansion ahead of the Federal Election, Labor failed.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  1 May 2019


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

New Fish Farm Regulations Lock Out Communities

The new fish farm regulations that come into force today* confirm the fears held by many coastal communities.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Apr 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Marine Farming Planning Review Panel - Petuna Fish Farm, Storm Bay

Rosalie Woodruff responds to the announcement that the Government will be approving a large fish farm off Betsy Island in Storm Bay.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 Apr 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Petuna's Storm Bay Expansion Approval Compromised

Minister Barnett’s approval of the Storm Bay North Marine Farming Development Plan is completely compromised.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Apr 2019


kunanyi / Mount Wellington

Leonie Hiscutt MLC in Political La-La Land

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.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Mar 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Leaked Letter Confirms Corrupted Approval Process for Storm Bay Expansion

Leaked correspondence has confirmed there has been a corrupted process governing the approval of fish farm expansion into Storm Bay.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  25 Feb 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Barnett Gives Himself an "A" on Salmon

It’s laughable for the newest Minister for Primary Industries to give the internal annual review of the Salmon Growth Plan a terrific score.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Feb 2019


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Marine Farm Planning Review Panel - Resignation of Members

Rosalie questions the Minister over the resignation of Marine Farm Planning Review Panel members Professor Barbara Novak and Ms Louise Cherry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Nov 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Barnett Refuses to Release Resignation Letter

The Minister for Primary Industries, Guy Barnett, refused to release the resignation letter of two key scientists from the Marine Farming Review Panel.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Nov 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Clouds Still Hang Over Storm Bay Expansion Approval

Tasmanians don’t know what the relationship between the former-Minister and her then-Secretary has had to do with this approval.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Oct 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals Must Release Marine Farming Panel Report

Without seeing the Panel’s report, you can’t escape the conclusion the approval of the salmon industry’s privatisation of Storm Bay was a done deal.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Oct 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Storm Bay Salmon Farm Approval Shows Disrespect for Community, and Science

The Liberals’ decision to approve mass expansion into Storm Bay shows the disregard they hold for community consultation and scientific evidence.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Oct 2018


Shellfish, Various

Liberals Playing Favourites on Salmon a Risk to Shellfish and Wild Fisheries

It’s destructive for the Hodgman Government to continue to play favourites with the salmon industry above - and at the cost of - others.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Oct 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Australian Marine Conservation Society - Red Flag on Tasmanian Salmon

Disturbingly, AMCS yesterday red-flagged Tasmanian salmon and now recommend consumers say no to buying it.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Oct 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Stewardship Certification Removal for Macquarie Harbour Salmon Not Surprising

It is mischievous for Petuna to claim catastrophically low oxygen levels have “nothing to do with the way in which we operate our marine farms."

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Oct 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry Growth Plan

The salmon growth plan marine carve-up has no reference to marine science, the salmon industry or other stakeholders.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Sep 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Escaped Salmon Silence Further Evidence of Self-Regulated Industry

Huon Aquaculture have finally confirmed 120,000 salmon escaped from their pens in the May storms this year.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  12 Sep 2018


Spotted Handfish, Tasmania

Norfolk Bay Salmon Farm Shock Galvanises Locals

The Norfolk Bay lease has been approved as a salmon harvesting site by the EPA today.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Aug 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Norfolk Bay Zombie Salmon Lease Provokes Community Outrage

Huon Aquaculture’s move to open a zombie finfish lease in Norfolk Bay for their POMV-infected salmon is a retrograde step.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Aug 2018


Spotted Handfish, Tasmania

Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies - Red Handfish Discovery

This newly discovered colony of rare red handfish could double the total population number to 80 individuals, which is fantastic.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 Aug 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

New Salmon Plan Flounders in Macquarie Harbour

Tasmania’s salmon industry has again been let off the leash and back into the waters of Macquarie Harbour.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Jul 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals Take Evasion to the Next Level on Salmon

The Minister for Primary Industries today refused to respond to allegations that 1,200 salmon a day are dying from POMV.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  3 Jul 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Derwent Estuary Program

The Derwent Estuary Program is a partnership between a number of government business scientists and community groups.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 May 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Farming and the Woodchip Industry

Yesterday Tassal made an unequivocal statement of concern about the controversial new woodchip port proposed for Dover.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 May 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Extreme Weather Event - Damage to Salmon Pens

Last Thursday there was extreme rainfall, floods and wild winds across southern Tasmania focused around Storm Bay and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 May 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Courtney Dodges Question on Mass Salmon Escape and Seal Deaths

The Minister for Primary Industries, Sarah Courtney, dodged questions in Parliament on reports of mass salmon escapes and seal deaths.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  22 May 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Fish Farm Partnership Ignores Environmental Reality

Petuna and Tassal’s restructured operations in Macquarie Harbour may temporarily quell nervous shareholders.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 May 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

EPA Modelling Fails Macquarie Harbour, Tasmanian Waterways at Risk

The Director of the Environment Protection Authority has admitted modelling of salmon farming impacts on Macquarie Harbour is “flat wrong”.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Mar 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Opportunity For Salmon Farming Clean Up With New Minister

In her new role Ms Courtney must take responsibility for regulating the salmon farm industry to protect the marine environment and the jobs it can sustain.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Mar 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Labor Thumbs Community on Fish Farms

Labor’s fish farm policy is identical to the Liberals in essence. It would continue the short-term smash and grab farming of salmon.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  14 Feb 2018


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Greens Launch Plan to Clean Up Fish Farming

Tasmanian salmon farming is operating at an industrial scale, and is planning to double in size.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Feb 2018


Bruny Island Lighthouse

Community Opposed to Storm Bay Fish Farm Expansion

The Storm Bay sea-grab by Huon Aquaculture, Tassal and Petuna will see 19 million square metres of public waters privatised.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  21 Jan 2018


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Liberals' Plan to Expand Salmon Industry at Expense of Community and Environment

The Liberals’ final Salmon Growth Plan released today is a sham, written by industry for industry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  6 Dec 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Environment or Economic Protection Agency Overseeing Macquarie Harbour?

The context of the EPA’s meeting to discuss “contingency planning for mass mortalities” in Macquarie Harbour is all wrong.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Dec 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Tassal's "Off-Shore" Spin

Tassal’s so-called “commitment to Tasmania” in moving their operations apparently “off-shore” is simply a PR exercise.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Nov 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Macquarie Harbour Waste Announcement

The Greens are relieved wastewater from Tassal’s operations in Macquarie Harbour will not be dumped back into that waterway.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Nov 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

More NW Fish Farms Without Community Consultation

Minister Rockliff’s announcement of Tassal’s exploration off King Island is a desperate attempt to create fictional jobs in his home electorate of Braddon.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Nov 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

West Coast Community Demand Tassal Remove Macquarie Harbour Waste

The West Coast Council’s unanimous vote against Tassal dumping its salmon waste in Macquarie Harbour is a strong signal.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  3 Nov 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Okehampton Bay FinFish Removal Bill Tabled

The Greens’ Bill clarifies that no finfish farming can occur in the Bay in future. It would protect the East Coast marine environment for future generations.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  2 Nov 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Tassal's environmental credibility sinks again

The sinking of the Tassal-contracted vessel in Okehampton Bay last night is evidence of a rush to get fish in the water at the expense the environment.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Oct 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Revitalised Brand Tasmania Needs to Promote Brand Integrity

The transformation of Brand Tasmania in to a statutory authority is positive, but without protecting the brand's integrity it will only be window dressing.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  9 Oct 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry - Seal Relocation

Andrea Dawkins questions the Minister for Primary Industries over how many of 2,000 relocated seals have died.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Sep 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry - Seal Relocation

The Minister has ruled out relocating seals to the north-west of Tasmania starting in December, but not relocations completely.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Sep 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Is Archer the Fresh Start the Marine Environment Needs?

New Environment Minister, Elise Archer, has the opportunity to be the fresh start the Tasmanian marine environment needs.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  5 Oct 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry Growth Plan

Yesterday a broad coalition of people gathered outside this House to condemn the Government's salmon industry growth plan.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Aug 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Seals at Risk Under Liberals' 'Three Strikes and You're Dead' Policy

The Liberals' announcement they will cease relocating seals to NW Tasmania from Christmas - after the height of seal breeding - is purely political.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  21 Sep 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals and Labor Reject Fish Farming Moratorium

In no surprise the Liberal and Labor parties voted down the Greens' move for a moratorium until the science and the policy settings protect.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Sep 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Tassal, Liberals and Labor Need to Start Listening

The Greens will move for a moratorium on fish farm expansion in Parliament this week.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Sep 2017


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

RTI Confirms Liberals at Behest of Salmon Farming Industry

The Greens' RTI confirms the Liberals are at the beck and call of the salmon farming industry, and independent oversight and regulation is almost nonexistent.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Aug 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Industry Profits at Expense of Marine Environment

RTI documents released yesterday outline exactly how ineffective and damaging the Liberals’ so-called “management” of the salmon industry has been.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  25 Aug 2017


Survey, Filling out Sheet

ReachTEL Poll Confirms Community Opposition to East Coast Fish Farms

Polling released today confirms, again, the majority of Tasmanians are behind the East Coast community in their opposition to fish farming at Okehampton Bay.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  24 Aug 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Okehampton Bay Approval Will Not Provide Community Support

The EPA’s announcement they will be increasing monitoring of intensive salmon farming impacts in the waters of Okehampton Bay will be no solace for residents.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Aug 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals' Unsustainable Salmon Growth Plan

The Draft Salmon Industry Growth Plan is an insult to concerned communities, a threat to our marine environment, and a danger to long-term sustainability.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Aug 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Expanded Plans for Okehampton Bay Still Without Support

The expanded plans and greenwash of Tassal’s fish farm operations in Okehampton Bay won’t convince East Coast residents, or the wider Tasmanian community.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  2 Aug 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Okehampton Bay Boat Vigil a Sign of Strong Community Opposition

There is strong community opposition to Tassal’s proposed salmon farm in Okehampton Bay.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Jul 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Macquarie Harbour Waste Collection Needs Independent Monitoring

The revelation today that there’s been no independent testing of Tassal’s “nappy” waste collection system, other than a single visual inspection, is a disgrace.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  4 Jul 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Tasmanian Brand at Risk if Salmon Farming Continues Unchecked

The Liberals’ approval of Tassal’s East Coast expansion at Okehampton Bay is directly threatening the Tasmanian Brand.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Jun 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Liberals and Labor in Lockstep on Fish Farms

The two old parties voted together today against the Greens’ No Confidence Motion in Minister Rockliff.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Jun 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

When is a 'Ban' Not a Ban?

In Question Time today, the Premier did not deny the so-called ban on fish farming in 99% of Mercury Passage was cooked up in haste.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Jun 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Macquarie Harbour at Risk with Liberals' Untested "Adaptive Management"

Instead of forcing Tassal to remove fish, they’ve been allowed to set up tarps under cages to capture thousands of tonnes of fish faeces.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  31 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals Refuse to Rule Out Watering Down Macquarie Harbour License Conditions

The Minister for Primary Industries refused to commit to not changing laws or licence conditions, again, to help Tassal.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  24 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

ASC Condemns Macquarie Harbour Salmon Farming Practices

Tassal has breached 19 Aquaculture Stewardship Council standards in Macquarie Harbour. Dissolved oxygen levels are so low, life is suffocating.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  19 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Fish Farm Debris Unacceptable

They have been shocked to encounter over the recent months an increasing amount of marine debris that is fish farm refuse.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  3 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Further Tassal Fish Deaths in Macquarie Harbour

We have credible information that Tassal has, again, discovered diseased and dead salmon in the low oxygen waters of their Macquarie Harbour operations.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  3 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Fish Farming Interests Trump Community Again

An RTI released yesterday shows yet another breach by Tassal of its permit conditions to farm in Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  2 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Macquarie Harbour Mess is of Liberals' Making

The reduced biomass cap announced by the EPA yesterday confirms the atrocious state of Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  6 May 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

LibLabs in Lock Step on Fish Farm Expansion

The Liberal and Labor parties have rejected the Greens' move to establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into fish farm expansion in Tasmania.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  3 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

EPA Must Halt Plans to Dredge Macquarie Harbour

The EPA must step in and halt any plans Tassal has to dredge the seabed in Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  3 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

More Allegations of Diseased and Dying Salmon in Macquarie Harbour

The Minister for Primary Industries, unaware of any problems, undertook to seek advice from the Environment Protection Authority.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  3 May 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Rockliff Dismisses Macquarie Harbour Mass Death Evidence

Evidence of yet another permit breach by Tassal in Macquarie Harbour was released yesterday.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  2 May 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Greens Move for Parliamentary Inquiry into Fish Farm Expansion

The Tasmanian Greens have moved to establish a Joint House inquiry into fish farm expansion.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  2 May 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Greens Launch Candidate for Lyons

The Tasmanian Greens are delighted to announce that Fraser Brindley will be the Greens’ lead candidate for the key seat of Lyons in the upcoming State election.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Apr 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Farming - Damage to World Heritage Area in Macquarie Harbour

Huon Aquaculture revealed evidence that the Macquarie Harbour salmon farming dead zone has spread one kilometre into the TWWHA.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Mar 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Community Objections to Okehampton Bay Fish Farm

At Triabunna Community Hall, on Sunday, around 250 quietly furious Tasmanians gathered to express their strong objection to fish farming in Okehampton Bay.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Mar 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Hodgman Government's Environmental Record

An increasing number of Tasmanians believe the Government has declared war on the environment and Tasmanians are determined to protect it.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Mar 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Groom's Refusal to Confirm Salmon Destock After World Heritage Damage

Minister Groom refused to confirm Tassal will meet the EPA deadline of April 15 and have all their fish out of Franklin lease in Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  13 Apr 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Industry Regulation Needed For Salmon Investment Confidence

Australian Ethical Investment's divestment from Tassal is a slap in the face to the sustainability brand of the Tasmanian farmed salmon industry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Mar 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Labor and the Liberals Sing the Same Tune on Fish Farm Expansion

The Greens support community calls for fish farming to be truly sustainable, and genuinely 'world's best practice'.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Mar 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Petuna Plan an Admission of Regulation Failure

Petuna’s public call for the EPA to create individual lease-level stocking limits is an admission that the government’s regulatory system is not fair.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Mar 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals Required to Act on TWWHA Damage to Macquarie Harbour

Environment Minister, Matthew Groom must protect the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area from further damage from salmon farming.

Andrea Dawkins  |  Media Release  |  15 Mar 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Fish Farm Delay a Reprieve for East Coast Residents

East Coast residents will now have the time to provide detailed comments on a controversial jetty proposal in Triabunna.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Mar 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

What is "Oceanic" fish farming?

The Minister is on the record as saying your sustainable growth plan for the salmon farming industry will be oceanic, not estuarine.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  9 Mar 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Plenty of Division in Premier's State of the State but No Vision

Parliament was subjected to a stream of self-congratulatory guff from the Premier today.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Mar 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Premier Concedes Tassie Salmon Not "World's Best Practice"

The Premier downgraded his assessment of the salmon industry’s practices as being “very good” in Parliament today.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Mar 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Community Demands Rockliff Reverse Okehampton Bay Decision

More than 200 people packed the Triabunna Community Hall today to express their anger at the decision to approve a Tassal fish farm in pristine Okehampton Bay.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  5 Mar 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Must be Removed from Franklin Lease Now

Government must ensure salmon farming companies know there are serious consequences to breaking environmental protection regulations.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  3 Mar 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Halt Okehampton Bay Until Salmon Mess Cleared Up

Tassal joining Huon Aquaculture in court around the government's industry regulator raises even more issues about regulation of the salmon industry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Feb 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Fish Farms and Forests - State Election Will be a Referendum on the Environment

Only the Greens will be there to stand up for Tasmania's environment and stand with communities determined to protect it.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Feb 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Labor and Liberals United on Okehampton Bay

Labor have finally made it clear they will join the Liberals in backing industry's short-term gains over the marine environment and long-term jobs.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  21 Feb 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Fish Farm Goal-Shifting

Minister Rockliff has announced he plans to regulate where salmon farm expansions can occur in the future, and it will "most likely be in oceanic waters".

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Feb 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Potential Tassal TWWHA Damage Demands Federal Action

The Tassal CEO yesterday publicly told Tasmanians that Tassal's operations in Macquarie Harbour had polluted the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Feb 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Okehampton Bay Decision

It's no surprise the Minister's hand-picked panel have agreed with Minister Rockliff and recommended approving Tassal's operations at Okehampton Bay.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Feb 2017


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

IMAS Report Confirms Urgent Need for Full Independent Oversight

The IMAS report reveals Macquarie Harbour in a state of environmental collapse, with seriously low oxygen levels.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  9 Feb 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Government Caves to Pressure on IMAS Report

After significant pressure, the government has caved in and released the damning IMAS report on the state of Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Feb 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Macquarie Harbour Farms Destroy World Heritage Values

By directing the destocking of salmon from the Franklin lease, the EPA has admitted the environmental damage that's occurred to the harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Feb 2017


Supreme Court, Hobart, Tasmania

Government Must Release IMAS Report

Late last year, the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies produced a report for government on the health of Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Feb 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Huon Aquaculture Legal Action

Huon Aquaculture has launched action in the Supreme Court of Tasmania and Federal Court of Australia over Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  6 Feb 2017


Risdon Brook Reservoir, Tasmania

Tassal Dam at Taxpayers' Expense and Ratepayers' Risk

Glamorgan-Spring Bay Council’s decision to approve the construction of the dam will means ratepayers are stumping up funds for the next 30 years.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  25 Jan 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Rockliff Hiding Macquarie Harbour Salmon Numbers

The Environment Protection Authority has lowered the maximum concentration of farmed fish in Macquarie Harbour down to 14,000 tonnes per hectare.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Jan 2017


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Tandem Freefall: Parachute Fails For Macquarie Harbour and Fish Farm Industry

Junk science from the Primary Industry Minister’s department has been used to promote fish farm expansions at any cost.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Dec 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

EPA Biomass Reduction an Indictment on Labor and Liberals

The EPA's plan to reduce the number of farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour by a third is a desperate attempt to save the basin from total collapse.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Nov 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Protecting Aquaculture Jobs

The Four Corners report on our salmon industry raised serious allegations about an environmental catastrophe in Macquarie Harbour.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Nov 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Rockliff Under the Spotlight on Salmon

The government still refuses to do what's needed to protect future jobs in the salmon farming industry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Nov 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

EPA Report Confirms Macquarie Harbour Environmental Catastrophe

The EPA's monitoring data report for salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour won't be news to anyone who watched the Four Corners' exposé.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Nov 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Expose Highlights Urgent Need for Salmon Industry Regulation

The scale of revelations on last night's Four Corners exposé of the Tasmanian salmon farming industry are immense.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Nov 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals Weak on Salmon, Ignore Insider Warnings

News that the State Government have ignored advice from industry about conditions at Macquarie Harbour on three occasions is alarming.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  31 Oct 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Landmark Admission Of Harm By Salmon Industry

The rapid expansion of fin-fish farming in the Huon and D'Entrecasteaux rivers has been highly damaging for the health of these waterways.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Sep 2016


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Rockliff Allowing Salmon Farm Expansion Before Panel's Findings Received

The Minister has requested an independent assessment by the Marine Farming Planning Review Panel of the 20-year-old lease at Okehampton Bay. 

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 Sep 2016


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Rockliff Silent on Fish Farm Regulation

The Minister for Primary Industries made it clear in Parliament today he has no intention of limiting or stopping the expansion of Tassal onto the East Coast.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Sep 2016


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Salmon Industry Stitch-Up on Okehampton Bay

Tassal’s statement that they will go full-steam ahead with their expansion into Okehampton Bay confirms the worst of the East Coast community’s concerns.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Sep 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Look Below the Waves on Threatened Species Day

State waters have supported the highest known marine plant variety in the world, but recent research shows a sharp decline in biodiversity.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Sep 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Real Assessment or Fish Farm Free East Coast

The baseline data for Okehampton Bay shared publicly is the last nail in the coffin for the planned East Coast fish farm expansion.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  6 Sep 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals Must Heed Productivity Commission Warning

The Productivity Commission Report shows just how far the community think we really are from Minister Rockliff's "world’s best regulated fish farm industry".

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Sep 2016


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

ASC Fish Farm Stamp of Approval Flawed

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s recommendation that Petuna gets a “good stewardship” credit for their Macquarie Harbour fish farms is deeply flawed.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  26 Aug 2016


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Assurances Needed for East Coast on Fish Farms

Minister Rockliff needs to expand the terms of reference for the Marine Farming Planning Review process to focus on the triple-bottom line.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Aug 2016


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Proposed Fish Farm Review Just Green-Washing

The Minister for Primary Industries has finally heard the East Coast residents' outrage about the proposed fish farm in Okehampton Bay.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  12 Aug 2016


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Rockliff Rules Out Independent Assessment of East Coast Fish Farm

Today, Minister Rockliff refused to commit to a formal independent assessment of the social impacts of new fish farm leases on the east coast.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Jun 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

New Salmon Framework Only First Step

The Government's new framework makes no change to the assessment or approval process for developments.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  6 Jun 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Green Light For Unregulated Fish Farm Expansion

Minister Rockliff has ruled out any further assessment of the impacts of fish farming in Okehampton Bay.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  3 May 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals Show No Concern for Environment on Fish Farm Expansion

This summer saw a marine heatwave that ran for more than 140 days with temperatures 4.5 degrees warmer than average.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  3 May 2016


Fish Farm in Okehampton Bay, Tasmania

Massive Opposition to Fish Farm Expansion on East Coast

People in Orford are rightly outraged at the lack of communication and respect for the community to not have an open and transparent conversation about it.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Apr 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Salmon Stock Plunge A Climate Change Warning

Tassal's 8% share price drop raises serious questions about the government's ability to manage the long-term sustainability of our salmon industry.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Apr 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Secret Salmon Farm Approvals Threaten East Coast

The government's decision to approve fin-fish farming near Triabunna is a serious threat to the future of the seafood industry and the marine environment.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Feb 2016


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Government dodges Macquarie Harbour fish-farm question

A recent release through right to information confirms that dissolved oxygen levels and subsequent disease outbreaks continue to be a problem for fish farms.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  16 Sep 2015


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Government dodges Macquarie Harbour fish-farm question

The government needs to make clear what is happening in Macquarie Harbour and release the discussion paper in full.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Sep 2015


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Macquarie Harbour Fish Farm Questions Remain

Government documents released today demonstrate that fish farms in Macquarie Harbour are still plagued by water quality problems.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  7 Sep 2015


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Senate Committee on Fish Missed the Boat

The Liberals and Labor will be given an opportunity in Parliament this week to put the sustainability of Tasmania's aquaculture industry ahead of politics.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Aug 2015


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Marine Farming Concerns Grow

The Greens today formally moved in the House of Assembly for there to be an immediate moratorium placed on any new marine farming licences.

Kim Booth  |  Media Release  |  24 Mar 2015


Shellfish, Various

Fish Farm Concerns

Tassal’s planned expansion into the southern channel is deeply disturbing.

Kim Booth  |  Media Release  |  23 Mar 2015


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Macquarie Harbour Questions Remain

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) must conduct a comprehensive investigation into the current health of Macquarie harbour.

Kim Booth  |  Media Release  |  4 Mar 2015


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Liberals Duck Macquarie Harbour Questions

The Greens have today exposed serious concerns raised within the salmon farm industry about the health of Macquarie Harbour.

Kim Booth  |  Media Release  |  3 Mar 2015


Fish Farm, Macquarie Harbor

Waterloo Bay

The Huon Valley Council should reject a Development Application and Planning Scheme amendment for a marine bulk loading facility at Waterloo Bay.

Nick Mckim  |  Media Release  |  4 Nov 2014