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Candidates Survey: What the 2026 Upper House candidates told PMAT about their voting intentions
An election is being held on 02 May 2026 for House of Assembly seats in Huon and Rosevears. As part of our election work, PMAT

Thank you + PMAT Wrap up 2025
As we wrap up 2025, we want to say a heartfelt thank you đź’› This year has been huge, and none of our wins would

Mercury Opinion Piece: Squeezing Out Our Character
“Development in our public wild places is now possible with Reserve Activity Assessments, an internal government process for assessing tourism porposals. Many permitted uses can

Joint Media Release: Tasmanian Government fails to act on protecting National Parks & Reserves from Major Developments
Our organisations do support legislation to make the RAA process a statutory process to address a range of existing problems we have been raising for

The Mercury: Cloud Hanging Over Protection Of Our Coasts
“Developers and the community
will face a peacemeal system with
no consistency from one municipality
to the next.”

The Mercury: Sun, Sea and Scepticism
“At a time where we should be thinking more about how and where we build, this will most likely increase the risk to buildings in

2025 State Election Survey Results
A Tasmanian State election is being held on 19 July 2025 for all House of Assembly seats. Of the 161 candidates announced by the Tasmanian

DAP Survey Results: Legislative Election Candidates Position on DAPs 2025
Legislative Council (Upper House of Tasmanian Parliament) elections are being held on 24 May 2025 in the seats of Montgomery, Nelson and Pembroke. All 13

PMAT Media Release: The Tasmanian Government’s renewed push for DAPs is another demonstration they don’t care about the community
The Tasmanian Government’s renewed push for DAPs is another demonstration they don’t care about the community or Local Government,” says Ms Underwood, “In 2024, we
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