TASMANIA’S TARKINE IS TOO PRECIOUS TO LOSE

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today reiterated their support for a Tarkine National Park, and called on union leader Paul Howes to learn the lessons from past industry mistakes.
Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran MP said that Paul Howes’ sporadic tours to Tasmania did nothing but promote conflict and he was pushing [...]

May 9, 2013

CARMEN LAWRENCE HANGS TONY BURKE OUT TO DRY ON TARKINE

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today highlighted comments by former Labor MP now Chair of the Australian Heritage Council, Carmen Lawrence, accusing the Federal Environment Minister of placing the wilderness values of the Tarkine in jeopardy.
In State Parliament, Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran raised Ms Lawrence’s comments on Radio National this [...]

March 20, 2013

BURKE FAILS TARKINE & TASMANIA: Aboriginal Heritage Decision Only Saving Grace

Tim Morris MP
Greens Acting Leader
The Tasmanian Greens today vowed to continue their campaign to protect the Tarkine, following the Federal Environment Minister’s politically-motivated decision to contradict the recommendations of the Australian Heritage Commission.
Greens Acting Leader Tim Morris MP said the Minister’s acknowledgement of the significant Aboriginal heritage along the Tarkine’s coast was a positive and [...]

February 8, 2013

COMMUNITY ANGER OVER DAMAGE TO PENGUIN HABITAT

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today raised concerns about widespread damage to penguin nesting habitat on the north-west coast resulting from earthworks along the railway corridor between Penguin and Ulverstone.
Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran MP said locals were upset to discover that that hundreds of tonnes of ballast gravel had been [...]

January 23, 2013

NORTH WEST COMMUNITY SET TO CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE FUNDRAISER EFFORT

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Emergency Services spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens are holding a north-west  fundraiser to assist in the statewide efforts to boost aid to those affected by the recent January bushfires.
Greens Emergency Services spokesperson Paul O’Halloran MP said that members of the public in the north were also wanting to do their bit, and to how [...]

January 22, 2013

CENTRAL COAST GAS ROLL-OUT WELCOME: Local Houses and Businesses Also have Opportunity to Tap into Taxpayer-Funded Investment

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today welcomed the commissioning of a new four kilometre natural gas pipeline from Gawler, south of Ulverstone, to the Simplot potato processing factory.
Greens Member for Braddon, Paul O’Halloran MP, said that he had been campaigning for this extension since the 2010 State election, and is now hopeful [...]

November 16, 2012

MT LYELL DISASTER REMEMBERED

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran MP today paid respect to the 43 people who lost their lives in the Mount Lyell Disaster at Queenstown one hundred years ago.
“The Mount Lyell Disaster remains Tasmania’s worst mining tragedy, and its impacts on the tight knit community of Queenstown are [...]

October 12, 2012

FERRY EFFLUENT TREATMENT MUST BE AT OPERATOR’S EXPENSE

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today called for a commitment from the Environment Minister that public funds would not be used to fund upgrades to sewage treatment and disposal by tourist ferries in Macquarie Harbour.
It follows confirmation of concerns raised in Parliament by the Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran MP that [...]

September 28, 2012

TOURISM: THE TARKINE’S SECOND CLASS CITIZEN: Tourism Operators Shoved Aside By Mining

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today raised concerns that existing tourism operators in the Tarkine were being shoved aside in favour of speculative mining ventures.
During Question Time in Parliament today, Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran MP called on the Resources Minister Bryan Green to investigate the impacts of current practices that [...]

September 27, 2012

CONCERNS OVER RAW EFFLUENT IN MACQUARIE HARBOUR

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today raised concerns in State Parliament about the dumping of raw human waste into Macquarie Harbour.
Greens Member for Braddon Paul ‘Basil’ O’Halloran MP asked the Minister for Environment what action was being taken in response to complaints that the Lady Jane Franklin, run by Federal Hotels, was [...]

September 26, 2012