Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "EPBC Act"
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9611ArticleFederal Court Decision Undoes 20 Years of Climate Litigation Process
Today’s disappointing federal court decision undoes 20 years of climate litigation progress in Australia The federal court today unanimously decided Federal Environment Minister...
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1.4KArticleCall for Federal Scrutiny of Cable Car
Media release – BirdLife Tasmania, 16 August 2021 Federal scrutiny urgently required of kunanyi cable car proposal BirdLife Tasmania today called on...
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Work Stops on MMG Tailings Dam Access
Media release – Bob Brown Foundation, 14 July 2021 MMG CONCEDES ON LAW & STOPS TOXIC DUMP WORKS. Giant Beijing-based mining corporation...
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1.5KCurrent Affairs
‘Stop the Secrecy’ Bill
Transcript of ‘Stop the Secrecy’ media conference, Parliament House Lawns, Hobart, 1 July 2021. Speakers were Cassy O’Connor (MHA for Clark, Tasmanian...
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Ley Backs Public Access in WHA
Media release – The Wilderness Society Tasmania, 17 June 2021 “We need them to have access to it”: Sussan Ley Backs Principle...
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2.8K1Environment
Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin – My Little Dolphin
Scientist Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin recently spoke eloquently to a Senate committee about Tasmania's own endemic dolphin.
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1.5KNational
EPBC Act Review – Final Report
The statutory review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) commenced on 29 October 2019. Professor Graeme Samuel AC was appointed...
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Lake Malbena Proposal Deemed ‘Controlled Action’
Media release – Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley, 17 September 2020 Minister orders EPBC assessment for Lake Malbena Minister for the...
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2.2K4Opinion
Cooking the Parrot
Ongoing forest mismanagement leaves the iconic swift parrot with nowhere to go, writes John Hawkins.
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Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2020
Critics are accusing the federal government of trying to resurrect a failed 2014 bill rather than properly respond to the recent review...
