Standing room only at the community meeting calling on the Tasmanian Government to take salmon farms out of Long Bay on the Tasman Peninsula. This would be consistent with Recommendation 3 of the 2022 Parliamentary Inquiry, but the government refuses to implement this recommendation.

31 orgs have published an open letter with 10 asks for the environment from whomever forms Tasmania's next government. When crossbenchers and major parties have struck successful power-sharing agreements elsewhere, they covered policy as well as procedure, making now the time for progress.

Greg Barnes' Mercury column is interesting today: "A power-sharing arrangement in Tasmania must include a commitment to... ending regulatory capture which is most evident in the case of the salmon industry." "Sensible" power-sharing wins are sighted from australiainstitute.org.au/post/what-a-...

Fresh from UN Ocean Conference in France, I will be carrying this year’s Dark MOFO Maugean skate Ogoh Ogoh to tonight’s burning.
Would love to see skate supporters there! Procession starts at 5pm from Parliament House 🌊

“Think of the ocean as a life support system” said Dr Sylvia Earle today at the UN Ocean Conference.
“Now is the last best chance we will ever have to change the trajectory the planet is on…”
“The ocean is at a tipping point.. Let 2025 be the turning point…”

Such a privilege to hear the president of WWF-France, Isabelle Autissier at the UN Ocean Conference, launching a new global coalition with IUCN, aimed at preventing extinctions of sharks, rays and skates.
www.haltsharkrayextinction.org
#wearetheocean
#savetheskate
@australiainstitute.org.au

What a delight to meet Clara Tome today from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature at the UN Ocean Conference.
As part of a panel of experts she outlined progress towards legal recognition of the ocean’s fundamental rights.
@garnglobal.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au #wearetheocean