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Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Liberals Must Release Details of All EOI ProposalsMedia Release - Tasmanians have a right to know what their government is doing on their behalf – especially when it comes to public lands. Cassy O'Connor MP - 29 Jan 2020 |
Illegal Clearing in TWWHA Must Be InvestigatedMedia Release - The 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 - 17 Jan 2020 |
Lake Malbena Decision a Mess of the Liberals' MakingMedia Release - The Federal Court’s decision to set aside the determination that the Lake Malbena proposal was not a ‘controlled action’ under national environment law sits solely with the Liberals. Cassy O'Connor MP - 13 Nov 2019 |
Greens Motion - Reserve Activity Assessment Process for Developments in ParksParliamentary Activity - Cassy O'Connor moves a motion to halt the EOI process until a new statutory process - that allows for public consultation and an appeal on matters pertaining to compliance with a Management Plan - is in place. Cassy O'Connor MP - 30 Oct 2019 |
Liberal Motion - EOI Process in National Parks and ReservesParliamentary Activity - Cassy O'Connor speaks against the Liberals' motion to support the Liberals' EOI Process for tourism developments in Parks and Reserves. Cassy O'Connor MP - 30 Oct 2019 |
Commonwealth Funding for Bushfire ProtectionParliamentary Activity - Cassy O'Connor questions the Premier over why he has failed to request additional firefighting funding from the Australian Government. Cassy O'Connor MP - 30 Oct 2019 |
TWWHA Tourism Master Plan Under Conflict of Interest CloudMedia Release - The Liberals’ corrupted EOI process for tourism development within Parks and Reserves is under yet another cloud. Rosalie Woodruff MP - 2 May 2019 |
Climate-Related Fire Events - ResourcingParliamentary Activity - Ms O'CONNOR question to PREMIER, Mr HODGMAN Last Friday, an estimated 8000 passionate, frightened young Tasmanians gathered on parliament's lawns to demand action on climate. Cassy O'Connor MP - 20 Mar 2019 |
Private Developer Given Tick for Development in the Walls of JerusalemMedia Release - The Liberals’ planned death by a thousand cuts for Tasmania’s wilderness took a step forward today. Cassy O'Connor MP - 3 Sep 2018 |
Redneck Liberals Open National Parks and World Heritage Area for HuntingMedia Release - It’s clear the Liberals have once again kowtowed to the powerful shooting lobby with their decision to open up Tasmania’s protected areas for recreational shooting, under the guise of environmental management. Cassy O'Connor MP - 23 Aug 2018 |
Address in ReplyParliamentary Activity - Ms O'CONNOR (Denison - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to listen to the inaugural speeches of new members. I congratulate Jennifer Houston and Alison Standen on fantastic inaugural speeches. Cassy O'Connor MP - 22 May 2018 |
TWWHA Tourism Master PlanParliamentary Activity - Acknowledges the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s expressed strong concern over commercial exploitation of the TWWHA and called on the Tasmanian Government to develop a Tourism Master Plan. Cassy O'Connor MP - 22 May 2018 |
Environment and Parks Last in State BudgetMedia Release - The State Budget, like the Liberals’ previous Budgets, has an obvious loser - our environment and Parks. With the exception of some extra Federal funds, it provides no additional State money. Andrea Dawkins - 26 May 2017 |
Salmon Farming - Damage to World Heritage Area in Macquarie HarbourParliamentary Activity - Ms DAWKINS question to MINISTER for ENVIRONMENT, PARKS and HERITAGE, Mr GROOM[10.30 a.m.] - 15 Mar 2017 |
Groom's Refusal to Confirm Salmon Destock After World Heritage DamageMedia Release - In Question Time today, Environment Minister, Matthew 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. Rosalie Woodruff MP - 13 Apr 2017 |
Liberals Required to Act on TWWHA Damage to Macquarie HarbourMedia Release - Environment Minister, Matthew Groom must protect the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area from further damage from salmon farming. Andrea Dawkins - 15 Mar 2017 |
2017 State of the State Address in ReplyParliamentary Activity - Ms O'CONNOR (Denison - Leader of the Greens) - I note that, on this International Women's Day, the Minister for Health and the Treasurer have risen to leave the Chamber as the only female leader in the House gets to her feet to respond to... Cassy O'Connor MP - 8 Mar 2017 |
One Year After Devastating Fires, Sluggish Response from Hodgman GovernmentMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens' Leader and Parks spokespersonToday marks the grim one year anniversary of bushfires that threatened Tasmanian communities and caused irreparable damage to ancient wilderness landscapes, yet the Hodgman Liberal... - 13 Jan 2017 |
TWWHA Bushfire Report Confirms Urgent Need for Fire Fighting InvestmentMedia Release - The Greens welcome Dr Tony Press’ Report into last January’s fires in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Andrea Dawkins - 20 Dec 2016 |
Liberals Prioritise Presentation over Preservation in the TWWHAMedia Release - In their recommendations earlier this year, the World Heritage Committee expressly requested State and Federal governments protect the unique wilderness value of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Rosalie Woodruff MP - 10 Dec 2016 |
Call for No Commercial Tourism in Protected AreasParliamentary Activity - Thursday 22 September 2016Cassy O'Connor MP to move—That the House:—(1) Recognises the outstanding universal value of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) and its globally significant natural and cultural values. Cassy O'Connor MP - 22 Sep 2016 |
Greens Release Sensible Guide for Tourism in Protected AreasMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonAndrea Dawkins MP | Greens Tourism spokesperson Cassy O'Connor MP: - 11 Sep 2016 |
Centenary of National Parks Highlights Failures of MinisterMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonOn this weekend's centenary of national parks, Parks Minister, Matthew Groom, should admit Tasmania's protected areas are under unprecedented threat as a result of Liberal policies. - 27 Aug 2016 |
Support for Great Western Tiers National Park Inside TWWHAParliamentary Activity - Tuesday 23 August 2016Cassy O'Connor MP to move—That the House:—(1) Notes the United Nations World Heritage Committee's recommendation to resolve the tenure of extensions to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area that were... Cassy O'Connor MP - 23 Aug 2016 |
World Heritage Committee Request Must be HeardMedia Release - The Greens welcome the World Heritage Committee's request to implement the recommendations of their expert mission. Cassy O'Connor MP - 15 Jul 2016 |
Groom Can't Ignore Planning Commission on TWWHAMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens LeaderParks Minister, Matthew Groom, signed off on a government response to the flawed draft World Heritage Area Management Plan which has drawn criticism from the Tasmanian Planning Commission. - 13 Jul 2016 |
State Budget: Address in ReplyParliamentary Activity - It gives me great pleasure to present the Tasmanian Greens' fully costed Alternative Budget for 2016-17. It continues a long-standing tradition of the Tasmanian Greens to present an alternative vision for the future of Tasmania. Cassy O'Connor MP - 31 May 2016 |
State Budget 2016: Parks Funding Slashed and BurntParliamentary Activity - We have just experienced devastating bushfires that burned an estimated 21 000 hectares of the TWWHA, yet the Budget papers show more than $6 million cut from an already underfunded Parks and Wildlife Service across the forward Estimates. Cassy O'Connor MP - 1 Jun 2016 |
Parks Minister Exposed for Gutting PWS Bushfire FundingMedia Release - At a time when Tasmanians should be celebrating this year’s centenary of Tasmania’s world class national parks and reserves, they are instead learning the details of the Liberal Government’s neglect and underfunding of the Parks and... Cassy O'Connor MP - 1 Jun 2016 |
Tasmanian Greens' Alternative BudgetMedia Release - The Greens believe governments should have a vision for the future that extends beyond the next election. We recognise that genuine planning for the 21st century requires a long term vision and the courage to make bold decisions to drive... Cassy O'Connor MP - 31 May 2016 |
Government Must Provide More Time for Consultation on State Planning ProvisionsParliamentary Activity - Rosalie Woodruff MP to move—That the House:—(1) Notes that the Draft State Planning Provisions (SPPs) fail to prioritise the interests of the community, and protection of the environment, ahead of development interests. Rosalie Woodruff MP - 31 May 2016 |
Fire Management and Planning Need Adequate Resources for Remote FireysParliamentary Activity - Motion calling on the Hodgman Government to properly fund the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, enabling it to retain its experienced remote firefighters and to undertake effective fire management planning and operations throughout the... Cassy O'Connor MP - 25 May 2016 |
Sustainable Tourism Way Forward for TassieMedia Release - The Greens welcome the visitors that are coming to our shores, but warn the government to protect our wild places and regional communities from ruin. Andrea Dawkins - 12 May 2016 |
Call for Hodgman Liberal Government to Reject Committee Recommendation on DGR Status for Environmental GroupsParliamentary Activity - Thursday 5 May 2016Rosalie Woodruff MP to move—That the House:—(1) Notes recommendations from the House of Representatives Environmental Standing Committee that environmental groups carry out 25% of their activities in... Rosalie Woodruff MP - 5 May 2016 |
Federal Budget 2016: Libs Cut TWWHA Management Funding by $3.4mParliamentary Activity - The 2016 Federal Budget confirmed a $3.4M cut to management of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) in 2016-17, with the funding for management of the TWWHA extension flatlining to zero in 2018-19. Cassy O'Connor MP - 5 May 2016 |
Savage Cuts to Protection of Tasmanian WildernessMedia Release - Minister Groom stood resolutely with his anti-environment Federal colleagues in Parliament this morning, as he sought to defend savage Commonwealth funding cuts to management of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Cassy O'Connor MP - 4 May 2016 |
Liberals See Tasmania's Wilderness Only For its Economic ValueParliamentary Activity - Wednesday 4 May 2016Ms O'CONNOR question to MINISTER for ENVIRONMENT, PARKS and HERITAGE, Mr GROOM[10.28 a.m.] Cassy O'Connor MP - 4 May 2016 |
No Respect From Disinterested Liberal MinistersParliamentary Activity - Ms O'CONNOR (Denison - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, I wanted to make a brief contribution having listened to the excellent analysis of the state of the swift parrot by Ms Woodruff. When the minister got to his feet, I thought he... Cassy O'Connor MP - 3 May 2016 |
State Fire Commission ReportParliamentary Activity - Rosalie discusses the report on the inquiry into the State Fire Commission, and the Greens' dissenting report. Rosalie Woodruff MP - 27 Apr 2016 |
Liberal Member for Braddon Shows Ignorance on Forestry BurnsParliamentary Activity - Motion criticising Liberal Member for Braddon, Mrs Joan Rylah MP, for misleading comments on Greens' fuel reduction burns policy and calling on the Government to properly fund fuel reduction burns in the TWHHA. Cassy O'Connor MP - 26 Apr 2016 |
Bushfire Inquiry A WhitewashMedia Release - Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens Fire spokespersonThe Bushfire Inquiry findings paint over the devastation of the summer bushfires in the World Heritage Area. It's as though they never existed. - 27 Apr 2016 |
Greens' Response to Announcement of New Political GroupMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens LeaderThe beauty of a democracy is that any group of concerned citizens can speak up and establish organisations to represent their concerns. It is, of course, disappointing to hear that a member of the United... Cassy O'Connor MP - 4 Apr 2016 |
TWWHA Still in LimboMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonThe government's statements about not logging in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area is a step forward but Tasmanians need to know what the Liberals really mean when they say... - 21 Mar 2016 |
Burning Questions Unanswered over TWWHA FiresMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonIn Question Time today, neither the Minister for Parks, Mr Groom, nor the Minister for Emergency Services, Mr Hidding, could explain why it took so long for the State to request extra... - 17 Mar 2016 |
State of the State Address in ReplyMedia Release - Madam Speaker, I have read a fair portion of the histories, including Professor Henry Reynolds’ landmark work, ‘The Fate of a Free People’, and recognise that a systemic erasure of Aboriginal Tasmanians in the birth records took place. Cassy O'Connor MP - 15 Mar 2016 |
Premier Fails to Address the Biggest Issue in State of the StateMedia Release - The Premier spoke for forty minutes in his State of the State address today, and despite acknowledging the drought, unprecedented dry lightning strikes, bushfires that irreversibly damaged the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and a... Cassy O'Connor MP - 9 Mar 2016 |
Has Groom Breached the Ministerial Code of Conduct?Media Release - Environment Minister, Matthew Groom, has been given two opportunities in Parliament to confirm that he wrote to the Premier to declare a conflict of interest in relation to his brother's development at Bernacchi Lodge, inside the Tasmanian... Cassy O'Connor MP - 9 Mar 2016 |
Premier Misses Opportunity to Replace GroomMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens LeaderThe Premier has missed a golden opportunity to place the Energy portfolio in the hands of a competent Minister in this time of energy crisis.Matthew Groom has demonstrated beyond doubt that he is not up to... - 18 Feb 2016 |
A 'Review' into TWWHA Fires is a Cop OutMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonWith an estimated 14,000 hectares of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) burned or still burning, and legitimate resourcing questions being asked, the Premier's... - 4 Feb 2016 |
Significant Resourcing Needed to Save Alpine WildernessMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonWith weather conditions easing, this week is the critical week to stave off catastrophic damage to Tasmania’s priceless alpine and rainforest wilderness areas. - 25 Jan 2016 |
Groom's EOI Process a ShamblesMedia Release - Parks Minister, Matthew Groom, again has egg on his face, this time over his headlong rush to develop in Tasmania's National Parks and World Heritage Area. Cassy O'Connor MP - 29 Nov 2015 |
Liberal Greenwash Won't Fool Lonely PlanetMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonAs Greens Leader, I have today co-signed a letter with Greens Senator Nick McKim to Lonely Planet, in response to their travel advisory yesterday warning that Tasmania’s wilderness is... - 6 Nov 2015 |
Lonely Planet Hits Out at Hodgman GovernmentMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonThe Hodgman Government is damaging Tasmania's wilderness tourism brand internationally.*Travel Bible Lonely Planet has advised travellers to get in quick or miss out on Tasmania's... - 5 Nov 2015 |
Groom Content to Pillage TWWHAMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Parks spokespersonThe Hodgman Government's passionate desire to log, mine and increase private development in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area not only shows a reckless disregard for its... Cassy O'Connor MP - 17 Sep 2015 |
Harriss in Denial on TWWHA LoggingMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens Leader and Forests spokespersonResources Minister, Paul Harriss, has made it clear the government plans to blunder on and log in protected areas, including the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA), in... Cassy O'Connor MP - 16 Sep 2015 |
Liberals Caught in World Heritage Bind of Their Own MakingMedia Release - The Hodgman Government is delusional if it believes it can negotiate with the UNESCO World Heritage committee to allow logging, mining and intensified private tourism operations in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Cassy O'Connor MP - 5 Sep 2015 |
Heritage No Excuse for Logging the TWWHAMedia Release - Andrea Dawkins MP | Greens Environment and Heritage spokespersonSenator Colbeck's comments supporting selective logging in the World Heritage Area are offensive, and use of heritage as a transparent disguise is laughable.Heritage is a key... - 7 Jul 2015 |
Minister Harriss being Deliberately Deceitful over WHA LoggingMedia Release - Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens LeaderResources Minister, Paul Harriss’s ridiculous claim that the Greens supported logging in the World Heritage Area does not stand up to scrutiny. He is, again, being deceitful and divisive for base political... Cassy O'Connor MP - 4 Jul 2015 |
Mining Ban needs to be in WHA Management Plan as Government Ignores United Nations on Logging and TenureMedia Release - Nick McKim MP | Greens Parks spokespersonThe government’s claim that it is not planning to conduct ‘broad-scale logging’ in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) does not stand up to scrutiny, and represents a continued snub... - 3 Jul 2015 |
United Nations Slaps Down Groom on WHA Logging and MiningMedia Release - Nick McKim MP | Greens Parks spokespersonThe United Nations has humiliated the state government by slapping down its plans to log and mine inside the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA). - 2 Jul 2015 |
Liberals Forest Council in DisarrayMedia Release - Nick McKim MP | Greens Forests spokespersonForests Minister Paul Harriss has been exposed by members of his own Ministerial Advisory Council on Forestry as having no plan for Forestry Tasmania.He has also been exposed as an authoritarian,... - 19 Jun 2015 |
Hunt Leaves State Government Isolated on World Heritage Area Logging and MiningMedia Release - Nick McKim MP | Greens Parks spokespersonCommonwealth Environment Minister Greg Hunt has left the Tasmanian government completely isolated in its plan to allow logging and mining in Tasmania's World Heritage Area. - 27 Jun 2015 |
Premier's Claims on Wilderness Logging & Mining Beggar BeliefMedia Release - Nick McKim MP | Greens Tourism spokespersonTasmanian Premier Will Hodgman has claimed today in Budget Estimates that logging and mining can be conducted in wilderness areas without compromising wilderness values in any way.When repeatedly... - 9 Jun 2015 |
Tasmanian Wilderness World HeritageParliamentary Activity - Nick McKim MP on tomorrow to move -That this House: - 4 Jun 2015 |
TWWHA Draft Management PlanParliamentary Activity - Mr McKIM question to MINISTER for ENVIRONMENT, - 3 Jun 2015 |
Minister Should Support Public Hearings on Draft TWWHA PlanMedia Release - Parks Minister Matthew Groom should support public hearings into his draft management plan for the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) at the Tasmanian Planning Commission. - 3 Jun 2015 |
World Heritage Committee lacks trust in Hodgman and Abbott GovernmentsMedia Release - Nick McKim MP | Greens Environment spokespersonThe Tasmanian Government's proposal to allow logging and mining in the World Heritage Area has prompted an extraordinary response from the United Nations, including a proposal to send a UNESCO... - 30 May 2015 |