Albanese to rush through new laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge | Tasmania

Anthony Albaniz is planning to rush controversial legislation next week to protect the salmon industry in Tasmania from a legal challenge on the impact of industry on endangered fish types.

The future of salmon industry on the western coast of the state has become a sharp political issue that focuses on whether it could coexist with MAUGEAN, a beam -like type in the waters of Macquarie Harbor only.

After pressure by industry leaders and Tasmania representatives, Albaniz wrote to the three salmon companies in the state last month and promised that the government would change the law to ensure that there are “appropriate environmental laws” “to continue the cultivation of sustainable salmon” in the port.

He expected it to be Commitment to the next parliament period. But with The election campaign was late By the tropical hurricane Alfred, the Prime Minister plans to submit a draft law on Tuesday that can suddenly end a long -term legal review by the Minister of Environment, Tania Bliberk, to whether it has been agreed to properly expand the industry in the port in 2012.

The draft law – amendment to the protection of the environment and biological diversity save ACT – at the bottom home next Tuesday, March 25, was included when Parliament is largely focused on the treasury secretary, Jim Chalmers, providing the federal budget. Senate is expected the next day.

With an exhibitor of vegetables and many members of the Senate Ben Bandash, he will need to support Coalition To pass. Peter Daton has already told the industry that it would guarantee its future and legislation if the Prime Minister is elected.

It is understood that the legislation will be broader than the salmon industry, and it will be intended to limit the powers of memorization groups to challenge previous decisions that allowed developments to move forward.

A spokesman for Albanez said that the government will indicate next week to “amend the defective EPBC law to secure local jobs and industries … We call on the coalition to provide this legislation from the two parties to grant societies for certain.”

The proposal was criticized by environmental organizations. He wrote eight councils to save a Tasmania environment to Albaniz last month, saying they had “great concern” about his pledge. They said that he would undermine the Plibersek about whether the salmon industry should be allowed 13 years ago without a complete federal environmental evaluation. It was the process of reconsideration He grew up in 2023 with a legal request from three memorization groups.

The Ministry of Environment Document in November 2023, which was issued under the Laws of Information, showed that officials consider it “possible” that the reconsideration process will lead to the expansion announced “a controlled procedure”, a step that requires a full evaluation of the environmental impact. Officials have suggested that salmon grow in the port, which is a third of it in the World Heritage Zone in Tasmania, will need to stop during this evaluation.

Eloise car said the Australian Institute that the government appears to stop this legal process by “destroy” while parliamentarians focus on the budget. “This is not how law reform should happen,” she said. “The situation in the port of Macquarie … is an ideal example of the reason for Australia’s need for stronger environment laws, not to already already reduce insufficient protection.”

Vegetable Sarah Hanson Young She said that she was “interrelated” adopted by the government and planned “taste” through the policy of the liberal party and legislation.

She said: “This indicates that the Labor Party cannot be trusted to do the right thing when it comes to the environment.” “Environmental laws, and prevent society from raising concerns about what is going on in their local environment, and ignoring scientific advice is very shame.”

A governmental scientific committee found last year that fish cultivation in the port was greatly reduced from melted oxygen levels It must be scredered or removed to save the MAUGEAN skate – Type The marine scientists called “Thylasin Sea” – From extinction.

In his message to Salmoun heads last month, Albaniz referred to A. A new report issued by the Institute of Maritime and Southern Point Studies However, the aforementioned survey studies suggested that ski numbers, which have shattered the past decade, may have come to levels of 2014. The report stressed the need for continued monitoring.

The salmon industry was under pressure throughout the state with more than a million fish He died during the spread of bacteria in the southeast And presentation plants. The sebaceous pieces were washed on the beaches in the Huoun Valley and on the island of Brunei, which prompted General protests.

Both the two main parties believe that the salmon industry may be a decisive election issue at Pradon headquarters, in the northwest of Tasmania, which is kept by the liberal party with a margin of 8 %.

Bob Brown, the former leader of the Greens, said that Albanez would legislate a “death note” on Mojian’s skiing. He said: “Albaniz cannot expect the studied Tasmania to vote or prefer work if we condemn our natural wildlife over the altar of foreign companies that run the spoiled Atlantic salmon industry.”

Luke Martin, CEO of the Industry Group, said that he has not yet been briefed on the legislation, but he hoped to resolve the case next week.