Tasmanian conservation organisations call on the State Government to halt plans to retrospectively amend the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy, commit to not interfering with the Robbins Island Supreme Court case and to release its legal arguments regarding the status of existing coastal structures.

The Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania and the Australian Coastal Society (Tasmania) requests that:

• The State Government immediately stops its attempt to amend the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy, ensuring there is no impact to the Robbins Island Supreme Court case.

• Any proposed changes to the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy must follow the existing, legislated public consultation process.

• If, as the State Government asserts, the legality of existing structures such as jetties and wharves is in doubt, they have a responsibility to the Tasmanian community to release the legal arguments (if not the legal advice) supporting these assertions to ensure transparency in the proposal.

Please see two documents regarding the proposed changes to the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy 1996 and the proposed Robbins Island wind farm: