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More arrests at Kutalyana as the Brighton bypass continues to destroy Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage site

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 22/04/2011 - 10:33am

Police arrest Jim & Aaron Everett and three other protestors on the 17th April for holding a smoking ceremony at Kutalyana (Jordan River Levee) and for breaching their bail conditions. They were merely trying to save their heritage from the bulldozers who are constructing the Brighton Bypass and destroying a site that contains evidence of Aboriginal occupation of Tasmania going back as far as 42,000 years.

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Mass arrests at protest to stop destruction of Tasmanian heritage site

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 16/04/2011 - 7:31pm

Twenty one protestors have been arrested trying to stop the start of construction of a section of a road bridge that will destroy a nationally listed heritage site that contains evidence of Aboriginal occupation of Tasmania going back 42,000 years. The Tasmanian Government claims it is "too expensive" to re-route the bridge demonstrating that in 2011 Aboriginal culture and heritage is still seen as both an impediment to "progress" and disposable.

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Tassie activists halt forest work over proposed Tamar pulp mill

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 30/03/2011 - 8:43am

SFER Press Release Twenty protesters stopped work in controversial high-conservation-value forests about 50km east of Launceston yesterday.
The protests came despite the peace negotiations between the forestry industry and environmental non-government organisations. The group Community Opposing Destruction of the Environment said the action was in response to forest facilitator Bill Kelty's statement last week that organisations must strike a deal on the Gunns Tamar Valley pulp mill or miss out on the permanent protection of 565,000ha of native forests.

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Logging

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Global Day of Action for Tasmania's Forest's II

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 30/12/2010 - 10:31pm

Date and Time:

Tue, 15/03/2011 -

7:00am to 5:00pm

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Anywhere you want to hold an action!

Following the Global Action for Tasmania's forests on 15 December 2010, with the help of emails and actions in 52 cities in 21 countries around the world, the Tasmanian Government has announced a moratorium on the logging of High Conservation Value forests in Tasmania!

This is a tremendous victory for the conservation of nature BUT the devil is in the detail.

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Aborigines ecstatic at emergency listing of Brighton historic area

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 24/12/2010 - 8:08am

The news that the Brighton historic area beside the Jordan River has received listing as one of Australia's outstanding heritage places is a fantastic boost to the chances of saving the area from destruction, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre legal director Michael Mansell said. "The listing places the significance of the Jordan River area alongside Kakadu National Park, Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef. This is just a wonderful Christmas present to the people of Tasmania from the Australian Government."

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Aboriginal sovereignty

International 24hrs of action for Tasmania’s ancient forests

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 16/12/2010 - 8:42pm

December 14th/15th 2010, saw the biggest show of support for Tasmania’s ancient forests in history. In just over 24 hours, there were banner actions and film screenings in Tanzania, Reunion Island, Japan, Vanuatu, Thailand, India, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, England, Wales, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Ireland, Scotland, Ecuador and the United States of America.

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No future in forest furnaces

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 28/10/2010 - 1:38pm

27/ October/2010 - Independent Forest activists painted a 20 meter slogan reading “No Future In Forest Furnaces” on prominent Hobart southern outlet Water tower.

Activists are responding to the industry push for investment into Woodfired power development during recently announced forest negotiations. We see this as a provocative and very unhelpful move by
forestry interests to cling to a dying woodchip industry, dragging down Tasmania’s native forests with them.

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Historic agreement to protect Tasmania's ancient forests

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 20/10/2010 - 6:02pm

Wilderness Society Statement.

It's been a long time coming! For decades, environmentalists have been trying to protect Tasmania's stunning, ancient forests from destruction. And timber workers have been trying to protect their jobs. This unresolved dispute has led to protests, arrests and, sadly, ongoing logging in our high conservation-value native forests.

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Tasmania

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Logging

People’s Assembly in Canberra at the Opening of Parliament

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 14/09/2010 - 7:25pm

Date and Time:

Tue, 28/09/2010 -

11:30am to 1:30pm

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Parliament House the grassy hill Canberra, Australia

Contact Name:

Sue Bolton

Contact Phone:

0413 377 978

Contact Email:

trconcepts@netspace.net.au

We are asking for you to join with us at a Peoples Assembly in Canberra at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September (2010).

We will assemble on the lawns outside Parliament House to call on the new Parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs. Refugee groups are asked to bring banners with the key messages of the gathering as well as their own messages.

Tasmania logging contractor convicted over sledgehammer assault

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 11/09/2010 - 11:00am

Three forest contractors from Tasmania have been convicted of assault and sentenced to 70 hours community service for violently attacking forest activists locked on in a car with a sledgehammer, kicking one in the head. The assault which occurred in the Upper Florentine Valley was captured by another protester on video from a hidden position.

Below is the coverage from The Age on the case.

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Tasmania

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Logging

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