Smoke from Sustainable Timber Tasmania planned burning risks tainting wine and beer, growers say
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Smoke from a regeneration burn hanging over a crop in Tasmania s Derwent Valley.
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Wine and beer producers north of Hobart are pleading with authorities to stop planned forestry burns they say threaten their livelihoods or do better in communicating that they are about to take place.
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Smoke from planned burn operations is in danger of affecting crop production, growers say
One craft beer maker said clients at his brewery fled due to the amount of smoke
The complaints came after smoke from a planned regeneration burn in the Styx Valley, about two hours north-west of Hobart on Saturday, drifted over crops when the fire became out of control.
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Tasmanian environmentalists have lost a case that sought to end native forest logging in the state, but may launch an appeal.
Known as the âgreat forest caseâ, the Bob Brown Foundation lodged the challenge against the Tasmanian government, the federal government and Tasmanian state-owned logging corporation Sustainable Timber Tasmania in the Federal Court last year.
Environmentalist and former Greens leader Bob Brown inspects burnt trees that were once home to swift parrots.
The foundation said a win would have helped protect the habitat of the critically endangered swift parrot. It argued Tasmaniaâs regional forest agreements were âfundamentally flawedâ and failed to meet the standards of national environmental laws.
Bob Brown Foundation loses Federal Court bid to end native forest logging in Tasmania
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Former Greens leader Bob Brown says this is not the end of his bid to stop native forest logging.
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The Bob Brown Foundation argued Tasmania s Regional Forest Agreement contradicted federal laws and did not protect endangered species, particularly the swift parrot
Bob Brown said today s loss would simply invigorate our campaign and that the organisation would look to appeal to the High Court
The forestry industry and a Liberal senator say the decision is a win for workers
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With Motorola Solutions brought into the deal.
The Tasmanian government will spend $567 million with Telstra and Motorola Solutions to deliver a single public safety grade radio network across the state.
Telstra’s lead role in building the Tasmanian Government Radio Network (TasGRN) was first revealed back in August when contract negotiations commenced.
The total value of the deal was finalised today, and acting premier Jeremy Rockliff said construction on the network would start next year.
User organisations are then “expected to commence migrating over to the new network in the 2022-23 financial year,” he said.