The Tasmanian Government has released a State Coastal Policy Position Paper, seperate from the Draft Validation State Coastal Bill 2024, for public comment to fast-track changes to Tasmania’s State Coastal Policy. The proposed changes to Tasmania’s State Coastal Policy will profoundly weaken the Policy and the way coasts are managed and protected in Tasmania.
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Most submissions are against draft laws, write Peter McGlone, Sophie Underwood and Eric Woehler. Published in The Mercury 18 September 2024.
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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.
Policies should be protecting, not threatening, our island coastline, write Dr Larelle Bossi and Dr Eric Woehler. Published in The Mercury 15 August 2024.
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The Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania (PMAT) thanks the Department of Premier and Cabinet for the opportunity to comment on the Validation (State Coastal Policy) Bill 2024.
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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.
“If there are genuine concerns about the state’s coastal policy, then let’s follow an informed consultative process, not rush through retrospective legislation with minimal opportunities for community consultation.”
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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.
