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Extreme Weather Event - Effect on Seals and SharksAccompanying the report of salmon pens with holes the size of trucks in the sides, we have also heard of dead seals being washed up on shorelines. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 May 2018 |
Extreme Weather Event - Damage to Salmon PensLast Thursday there was extreme rainfall, floods and wild winds across southern Tasmania focused around Storm Bay and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 May 2018 |
Labor Ignore Climate Change in ReshuffleIn further proof there's little to distinguish the two major parties on environmental issues, Labor's shadow Cabinet reshuffle has omitted the single biggest policy challenge facing the state, climate change. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 7 Aug 2017 |
Remembering the Devastation of 1967, Learning Lessons for the FutureTasmanians are coming together as a community today to mark the devastation and tragedy of the 1967 bushfires. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 7 Feb 2017 |
Flood Inquiry Welcome, but Ignores Climate ChangeThe Tasmanian Greens' welcome Minister Hidding's announcement of an inquiry into the State's devastating June floods. We commend the Minister on the appointment of former Auditor General, Mike Blake, to oversee the Inquiry. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 13 Sep 2016 |
Liberals Failing to Aid Dairy Farmers in Transition to OrganicThe Minister for Primary Industries, Hon. Jeremy Rockliff MP, must listen to those that understand the industry and the market and to take immediate and further steps to assist dairy farmers to succeed in what we know are very dire... Andrea Dawkins | Parliamentary Activity | 24 Aug 2016 |
Call for Amendment to Save Giant Lobster from Forestry Practices‘Astacopsis gouldi’, the giant freshwater lobster, is the largest freshwater invertebrate on the planet, and is found only in the northwest and northeast of Tasmania. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 18 Aug 2016 |
Urgent Action Needed to Save Giant Freshwater LobsterAstacopsis gouldi, the giant freshwater lobster, is now categorised as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 17 Aug 2016 |
Hydro Cloud-seeding Cover UpThe record winter floods took the lives of three Tasmanians. It destroyed homes, paddocks, fences and roads and had a devastating impact on rural communities. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Aug 2016 |
Tasmania's Biggest Flood Since 1929Notes that the heavy rainfall in parts of Tasmania, especially the North, North West and the Upper Derwent resulted in loss of life, both human and animal. Andrea Dawkins | Parliamentary Activity | 14 Jun 2016 |
Greens' Response to Tasmanian FloodsOn behalf of the Tasmanian Greens I want to say to the people of northern Tasmania and the Highlands, our hearts are with you. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 7 Jun 2016 |
Gutwein's Water and Sewerage MessThe Treasurer and Member for Bass, Peter Gutwein, again refused to take responsibility for Launceston's ailing water and sewerage infrastructure. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 2 Jun 2016 |
State Budget 2016: Surplus at the Cost of Launceston's Water and SewerageAs indicated in the 2016/17 State Budget, significant investment is required to upgrade Tasmania’s crumbling water and sewerage infrastructure. Andrea Dawkins | Parliamentary Activity | 31 May 2016 |