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Greens Welcome UNESCO Statement on TWWHAThe Greens welcome the adoption of the retrospective Statement of Outstanding Universal Values (rSOUV) of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage area Vica Bayley MP | Media Release | 25 Sep 2023 |
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Minister Plibersek Must Muscle Up on Malbena, Save Skate and Swift ParrotFrom 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 |
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Parks – Lake MalbenaDo you think this is appropriate that the director of Parks would be guiding a proponent about how to get a project through the assessment? Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 7 Jun 2023 |
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Attorney-General and Justice – Lake Malbena Court CostsThose proceedings were subsequently lost by Wild Drake and the director. How much did the state spend on legal fees in this case? Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 5 Jun 2023 |
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Wild Drake's Non Response to Thousands of TasmaniansWild Drake Pty Ltd’s wannabe heli-tourism proponent has delivered yet another insult to the intelligence of reasonable, wilderness loving Tasmanians Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 27 Apr 2023 |
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Lake Malbena and the TWWHAWe are here today because Daniel Hackett, Wild Drake Pty Ltd and his two multimillionaire backers are at it again. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 29 Sep 2022 |
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Lake Malbena and the TWWHAToday the Greens are bringing on a matter of public importance debate about Lake Malbena inside the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 29 Sep 2022 |
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Wilderness Defenders Will Never Give Up on Lake MalbenaOverwhelmingly, Tasmanians don’t support privatisation of protected areas and they reject what this opportunist developer is offering. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 21 Sep 2022 |
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Estimates Reply - PetrusmaToday I will mostly focus on the Parks area of minister Petrusma's multiple portfolios. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 15 Jun 2022 |
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Lake Malbena Proposal - Family ReactionThere are serious questions to answer in relation to this most recent deed that extends the rotten proposal at Lake Malbena yet again. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 14 Jun 2022 |
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Parks – Lake MalbenaIt looks like Mr Hackett is trying to call all the shots here. Minister, have any of these requests been approved? If so, which ones? Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 9 Jun 2022 |
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Petrusma Labels TWWHA Cultural Assessment ‘Impractical and Unnecessary’The Liberals are running roughshod over the wishes of UNESCO and any spirit of consensus building with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 3 Mar 2022 |
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Wilderness Lovers’ Christmas Comes Early with Lake Malbena Appeal AbandonedThe decision of Halls Island heli-tourism proponent, Wild Drake Pty Ltd, to withdraw from their planning appeal is a win for conservationists. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 16 Dec 2021 |
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Celebrating Conservation Victories - MalbenaI want to pen an ode to all those conservationists and to all those good-hearted Tasmanians who are standing up for this beautiful place. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Sep 2021 |
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Estimates Reply – Minister PetrusmaI am so happy to announce the victory of the conservationists who have been vindicated by the Supreme Court's ruling on Lake Malbena. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Sep 2021 |
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Gutwein Government Anti-Protest Laws Target Tens of Thousands of TasmaniansThe 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 |
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Heritage - Halls IslandAre you able to provide the committee with an update on the Tasmanian Heritage Council's consideration of the heritage listing of Reg Hall's hut? Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Sep 2021 |
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State Growth - EOI ProjectsHow many expressions of interest have been lodged to date through the opaque expressions of interest process for development in protected areas? Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Sep 2021 |
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Barnett Confirms Plan to Lock Up Tasmanians Protesting to Protect WildernessIn Estimates today, Guy Barnett, confirmed the reworked anti-protest laws will capture all those protesting against developments in public protected areas. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 9 Sep 2021 |
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Gutwein Government Must Comply with World Heritage Committee DecisionThe State Liberals’ push to privatise wilderness has been exposed on the international stage - and repudiated by the UN’s governing body. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 25 Jul 2021 |
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Liberals’ UNESCO GaslightUNESCO have growing concerns about the Liberals’ ‘management’ of wilderness and cultural values in the TWWHA. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 23 Jul 2021 |
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World Heritage Area - Halls Island - Leases ResignedOn 19 January 2018, just before the last state election, the Government signed off on the leases over Reg Hall's Hut and over the entirety of Halls Island. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 4 Mar 2021 |
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Jaensch Can’t Stay Silent on Lake Malbena LeaseOn 19 January 2018, just before the last State Election, the Liberals secretly signed off on the leases over Reg Hall’s hut and the entirety of Halls Island. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 4 Mar 2021 |
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Estimates Reply – Attorney-General ArcherOne of the problems is that in the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995, there is no provision for preserving streetscapes that add to our culture. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 2 Dec 2020 |
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Heritage – Heritage Council Advice on Reg Hall’s HutDr David Young, who is a very significant heritage expert, submitted the nomination for Reg Hall's hut in March 2019. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 25 Nov 2020 |
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Environment and Parks – EOI ProjectsThe decision to progress the proposal to lease and licence was made in 2015, and a level three RAA was sent to the Commonwealth in September 2017. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 25 Nov 2020 |
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Tourism – Lake MalbenaThere is huge public unrest over the Government's decision to privatise Halls Island and Reg Hall's Hut for a total to the proponent of $115 per week. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 23 Nov 2020 |
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Greens Table Petition to Protect ParksThe Greens today proudly tabled a petition signed by nearly 2,000 people to protect Tasmania’s National Parks and Reserves from privatisation. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Oct 2020 |
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Halls Island, Lake Malbena DevelopmentA large and growing constituency of Tasmanians from every possible walk of life are opposed to the privatisation of Halls Island in Lake Malbena. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 15 Oct 2020 |
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Leaked Parks Document Reveals $7M Spend Planned for Lake MalbenaThe Greens have a leaked internal Parks briefing note indicating the proposal is a $6.97 million investment - on a tiny island inside the TWWHA. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Oct 2020 |
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Lake Malbena - EPBC AssessmentThe heli-tourism proposal for Halls Island at Lake Malbena will now be assessed under the EPBC Act as a controlled action. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 Sep 2020 |
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Lake Malbena EPBC Assessment a Reprieve for the WildernessThe Federal Environment Minister’s determination that the Lake Malbena luxury helicopter tourism development warrants a formal assessment is welcome. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 17 Sep 2020 |
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Wilderness Defenders Will Never Give Up on Lake MalbenaThe development at Halls Island in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park is a travesty of proper process. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 28 Jul 2020 |
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Hapless DPIPWE Secretary Reduced to Pleas for Departmental LoyaltyDPIPWE Secretary, Tim Baker, has been reduced to begging disaffected staff to show loyalty to Parks Manager, Jason Jacobi. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 24 Jul 2020 |
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Liberals Must Release Details of All EOI ProposalsTasmanians have a right to know what their government is doing on their behalf – especially when it comes to public lands. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 29 Jan 2020 |
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Illegal Clearing in TWWHA Must Be InvestigatedThe illegal tracking cutting on the shores of Lake Malbena in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park and adjoining lakes is a scandal and a crime against nature. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 17 Jan 2020 |
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Privatisation of Hall's IslandThe first lease was a temporary non-commercial lease over Reg Hall's hut in 1957, in 1980 a family member of the licensee took over this agreement. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 26 Nov 2019 |
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Lake Malbena Federal Court DecisionIt is very clear that the decision handed down by the Federal Court yesterday is a mess that is all of this Government's making. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 13 Nov 2019 |
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Lake Malbena - Federal Court JudgmentThe Government's corrupted and unpopular expressions of interest process for development in public protected areas has been dealt another blow. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 13 Nov 2019 |
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Lake Malbena Decision a Mess of the Liberals' MakingThe Federal Court’s has decided to set aside the determination that the Lake Malbena proposal was not a ‘controlled action’. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 13 Nov 2019 |
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Lake Malbena Development ApplicationThe Tasmanian Greens submission to the Lake Malbena development application to the Central Highlands Council. Cassy O'Connor MP | Submission | 15 Feb 2019 |
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Undermining Assessment of Developments within ReservesFrom the 52 secret developments in Parks to Rosny Hill and a cable car on kunanyi/Mt Wellington, our natural places are under siege. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 13 Jun 2019 |
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Estimates Reply - TreasurerAgain, this year the most mindnumbingly frustrating and dishonest Estimates session from my point of view was with the Treasurer. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 11 Jun 2019 |
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Labor in 2019 Stands for NothingTasmanians who voted Labor at the last election on the basis of their position on pokies will be wondering what State Labor stands for in 2019. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 18 Mar 2019 |
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Leonie Hiscutt MLC in Political La-La LandThe 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 |
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Lake Malbena Rejection Exposes EOI Process as a ShamThe Central Highlands Council have listened to the overwhelming community opposition to the proposal for Lake Malbena. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 26 Feb 2019 |
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Halls Island at Lake Malbena is Public LandThe Liberals’ efforts to privatize Halls Island will not wash with local fly fishers and bushwalkers. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 10 Jan 2019 |
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Lake MalbenaThese are the submissions on the proposal to allow for luxury huts and up to a 120 or more helicopter flights at Halls Island. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 27 Nov 2018 |
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Lake Malbena - Corrupt Process100 plus personal and community groups made submissions to the federal Environment department on the proposal to privatise Halls Island. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 27 Nov 2018 |
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Lake Malbena - Risks to Aboriginal HeritageToday, hundreds of Tasmanians will gather in Town Hall in opposition to the proposal to build permanent huts in Lake Malbena. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 27 Nov 2018 |
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Wilderness Lost and Heritage at Risk if Lake Malbena Proposal ProceedsThe case against the proposal for helicopter-accessed luxury huts at Lake Malbena in the World Heritage Area grows stronger by the day. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 26 Nov 2018 |
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Liberals' Wilderness Wrecking a National DisgraceAn in depth report details the extreme threat the Liberals’ commercialisation and privatisation agenda poses to the Tasmanian wilderness. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 17 Nov 2018 |
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Community Voice Ignored in Lake Malbena DecisionThe proposal to privatise Lake Malbena inside the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area attracted overwhelming opposition. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 6 Nov 2018 |
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Lake Malbena - National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council AdviceWe now know that the government's key parks advisory body advised the federal government not to give EPBC approval to the Lake Malbena proposal. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Oct 2018 |
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Lake Malbena - National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council SubmissionThis advice is clear that your key advisory council does not support this expression of interest proposal for Lake Malbena. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Oct 2018 |
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Premier Must Explain Why Advisory Council Advice Was Ignored on Walls of Jerusalem ProposalThe Greens today tabled a leaked copy of the National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Committee’s submission to the Federal Government. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 16 Oct 2018 |
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Record National Parks Visitors Reinforce Need to Protect Wilderness ValuesWhile being able to share our protected areas with visitors is a positive, the Liberals’ ever increasing growth model puts them at risk. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 4 Sep 2018 |
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Walls of Jerusalem face threat of Biblical ProportionsTasmanian anglers are looking to the Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg to protect the Walls of Jerusalem National Park. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 Jul 2018 |
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Lake Malbena - Anglers Alliance Tasmania's Concerns about the TWWHAThe Coordinator-General recommended approval of the Lake Malbena project in 2015, despite it being prohibited under the 1999 management plan. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 12 Jun 2018 |
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Lake Malbena - Development in the TWWHAWe have here a leaked copy of the reserve activity assessment for the Lake Malbena proposal. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 12 Jun 2018 |