State Coastal Policy

Save Tas Coasts. Image of pilitika/Robbins Island by Rob Blakers.

Take Action for Tasmania’s Coasts: Make a Submission

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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Abbotsbury Beach, Tasmania by Eric J Woehler.

Media Release: Tasmanian community overwhelmingly rejects proposed retrospective changes to State Coastal Policy

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.

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Abbotsbury Beach by Eric J Woehler

Joint Media Release: Proposed changes to Tasmania’s Coastal Policy touches community nerve

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.

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Background Report & Joint Media Releases: Scrap proposed legislation to weaken State Coastal Policy

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.

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Robbins Island, Tasmania by Rob Blakers

Joint Media Release: State Government must scrap its proposed legislation to weaken the Tasmanian Coastal Policy

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.

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