The Labor-Green Government has been left with no choice but to listen to the cries for help from Tasmanians, and immediately recommence dredging on the Tamar River. A petition tabled in Parliament today by the Tasmanian Liberals included 1100 signatures from Northern Tasmanians demanding action from this Government.
Petition gives our community a voice to shout out for our Tamar River
The Tasmanian Liberals are calling on the State Government to finally act and clean up the Tamar River after years of inaction. Our petition calling on the State Government to immediately provide the $1 million promised to the Launceston Flood Authority to recommence the dredging of the Tamar River has received tremendous support so far [...]
Tamar River Siltation – strangely it turned into a debate with the Greens!
Mr FERGUSON (Bass) – Prior to the March election the Labor Party promised to provide $6.5 million in funding to deal with what is now a massive silt build-up at Home Reach and in the yacht basin in the Tamar estuary. By June of this year this promise had entirely disappeared.
Tackling Tamar Silt
What the Tasmanian Liberals will do: Invest $9.5 million in the economic and environmental future of Northern Tasmania by tackling the major and continuing silt problem in the Tamar River and establishing a single state authority to manage Tamar River and the Esk River catchments into the future.
A Plastic Shopping Bag Free Tasmania
What the Tasmanian Liberals will do: Make Tasmania free of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags within two years. Coles Bay on Tasmania’s East Coast was the first town in Australia to go “plastic shopping bag free” and a Hodgman Liberal Government will move to remove non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags from across Tasmania. Why this policy is [...]
