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Australian Workers’ Union defends Tasmania’s Atlantic salmon from Attacks
In a submission to the Federal Government’s House Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources, the AWU says the state’s aquaculture industry has suffered huge damage from significant and deliberate misinformation about its ecological and animal welfare impacts.
Ian Wakefield, AWU Tasmania Branch Secretary, says the industry creates thousands of jobs in the state, at a time when work is becoming increasingly insecure.
But he says recent attacks on the industry are a threat to local businesses, families and jobs.
“The AWU Tasmanian Branch is focused on protecting our members in an industry that earns the state $796 million a year, and more that $1 billion by the time the salmon is processed,” Mr Wakefield says. ....

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