Today, 28 organisations have signed an open letter to the Rockliff Government calling for the immediate publication of the first State of the Environment Report in 15 years and for the government to act upon the report’s findings. Tasmania has been without a report since 2009 following the government’s failure to meet legal obligations to publish a report every 5 years.
With just over 400 submissions made in the briefest of public comment periods, 97% of submissions received by the Tasmanian Government were opposed to the proposed retrospective changes to the State Coastal Policy.
A coalition of community groups concerned for Tasmania’s coasts have welcomed the hundreds of public submissions made in response to the Tasmanian Government’s proposed legislation to retrospectively change the State Coastal Policy – a Policy that has protected Tasmania’s coasts for almost 30 years.
PMAT, and other Tasmanian conservation organisations, are calling on the State Government to halt plans to retrospectively amend the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy, commit to not interfere with the Robbins Island Supreme Court case and to release its legal arguments regarding the status of existing coastal structures.
Tasmanian conservation organisations repeat their call for the State Government to scrap their retrospective legislation to amend the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy, commit to not interfering with the Robbins Island Supreme Court case and to release its legal reasons regarding the status of existing coastal structures.
Over 30 groups from across Tasmania call for greater accountability in Government environmental decision-making.
PMAT Joint Media Release: Publish the State of the Environment Report 2024 Read More »
PMAT, and other Tasmanian conservation organisations, are calling on the State Government to halt plans to retrospectively amend the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy, commit to not interfere with the Robbins Island Supreme Court case and to release its legal arguments regarding the status of existing coastal structures.
PMAT Media Release: Plan to come to #ScrapTheDAP public meeting 2024
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Tasmanian nature conservation organisations with decades of experience working to create and protect world heritage areas, national parks and other reserves have united to urge election candidates to ‘Scrap the DAPs’ for reserved land.
A draft legislative proposal, released last week, would enable the Minister to decide if a planning scheme amendment should be initiated – like the highly contentious Cambria Green amendment – and not be the responsibility of local councils as is currently the case.
