16 October 2024 The Prime Minister on his last visit to Tasmania said that he couldn’t exempt Tasmania’s stadium funding from GST because if he did, he would have to exempt Olympics infrastructure in Queensland from GST. The truth of the matter is that Queensland is getting a GST exemption. The Prime Minister’s own treasury…
11 October 2024 Tanya Plibersek’s Statement of Reasons document for rejecting the McPhillamys gold mine reveals that the Environment Minister made the section 10 declaration on an Indigenous songline that the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council (OLALC) says does not exist. As well as undermining the authority of the OLALC by going against their advice,…
11 October 2024 Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Nature Positive agenda is in tatters with the government failing to bring on their legislation for debate during a Parliamentary sitting week where it hosted mid-level international bureaucrats at its Nature Positive Summit talkfest. With only two Senate sittings to go this year with a glut of legislation…
4 October 2024 The Albanese Government’s contempt for Tasmania’s salmon industry has plunged to an astounding new low with news that it has now approved Chilean salmon imports for entry into the Australian market. The decision to green-light imports from a country with a long catalogue of environmental and human rights problems in its salmon…
30 September 2024 Now that Woolworths has recommended that its shareholders block an activist-led resolution to stop using Macquarie Harbour-farmed salmon in its home brand products at its upcoming AGM, Tanya Plibersek needs to do the same by ending her review into salmon farming initiated by activist organisations. The review, instigated a year ago by…
25 September 2024 In his press conference today, the Prime Minister has demonstrated complete disdain for our state. When asked whether Federal Labor would exempt our stadium from GST calculations, so we can get our fair share, the PM was finally honest and told us he will be taking $240 million away from our health…
24 September 2024 Research undertaken by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) pointing to an increased presence of young Maugean skates within Macquarie Harbour has foiled any further excuses for the Federal Labor Government to shut down salmon industry operations in Tasmania. The study undertaken by IMAS bucks the narrative spread by extreme…
13 September 2024 Topics: Teals’ ludicrous 75% emissions target and the Coalition’s net zero plans, social media ban E&OE Tom Connell: Teal MPs are calling on the Federal Government to commit to a 2035 emissions reduction target. They want to see a 75 per cent reduction in emissions over the next decade. The government…
11 September 2024 Topics: McPhillamys gold mine and the Coalition disallowance motion seeking to overturn the section 10 declaration. E&OE Stephen Cenatiempo: I’ve been banging on for the better part of a couple of weeks now about this ridiculous decision to block a gold mine proposal in Blayney in the central West of NSW….
10 September 2024 The Federal Coalition is dismayed at the Government’s and crossbench’s rejection of its Senate disallowance motion to overturn Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s outrageous decision to block the Regis Resources tailings dam. Shadow Environment Minister Jonno Duniam, who moved the disallowance motion, is devastated on behalf of the people of regional New South…
