Questions asked by the Hon Meg Webb MLC, and answered by the Hon. Jo Palmer MLC, Minister for Primary Industries and Water, and the Hon. Roger Jaensch MP, Minister for Environment and Climate Change on 15 August 2023. [pdf-embedder...
Fin Fish
RTI – Salmon Producers’ Meetings with Government
Information requested from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE) 1 May 2023 and received 6 June 2023. RTI Request: (Please provide): “1. Correspondence, records of any meetings, and electronic messages (e.g. WhatsApp, Teams,...
Noting the Legislative Council’s Report on Fin Fish Farming in Tasmania
A full transcript of this speech will be uploaded here in the coming days.Access the Committee's final report here.
Media Release – Government Response to the Fin Fish Farming Inquiry Report
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb stated today there is a lot riding on the Government’s 10 Year Salmon Plan, currently under development.“The Government has chosen to release its response to the Fin Fish Farming in Tasmania Inquiry Report today,” Ms Webb, who...
Call to halt salmon farm developments in Tasmania
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 25 May 2022A sub-committee overseeing a Legislative Council inquiry into fin-fish farming says all environmental licence conditions for all existing fin-fish farms in Tasmania need to be reviewed.The inquiry, which started in 2019, has...
Aquaculture inquiry report calls for brakes to be pulled on Tasmanian fish farm expansions
David Killick | The Mercury | 24 May 2022THERE should be no expansion of the state’s fish farming until the government finalised a growth plan and a biosecurity plan for industry, a parliamentary committee has recommended.The Legislative Council subcommittee Report on...
While pokies were closed
due to COVID-19
Tasmanians saved
Poker machines were closed in Tasmania on March 23, 2020
and reopened on June 26, 2020.
In 2018-19 Tasmanians lost $171,603,745 to poker machines
PETITION
