Yesterday, more than 6,000 people gathered on Parliament Lawns in Hobart for Bob Brown Foundation’s rally to vote salmon out.
The huge attendance sends a message to all political parties that the issue of toxic Tasmanian farmed salmon is a front and centre election issue. Bob Brown Foundation is calling for the factory fish farms to be removed from Tasmania’s unique and pristine waters.
‘Waves of voters are deserting Labor and the Coalition on the environment, and salmon has become a flashpoint issue,’ said Bob Brown.
Albo’s final campaign rally was dwarfed by the huge rally in Hobart against the Prime Minister’s neglect of Tasmania’s environment,’ he continued.
‘The impact of Albo and Dutton getting together to weaken environment laws horrified many Labor voters. A swing is on, it’s to the Greens and independents and Franklin, held by the failed minister for fisheries, is a sea of Peter George advocates,’ said Dr Brown.
National issue
‘Today’s rally should send a shiver down the spines of all politicians who continue to support this toxic salmon industry,’ said Alistair Allan, Antarctic and Marine Campaigner at Bob Brown Foundation.
‘The Tasmanian public has had enough of this polluting salmon industry, and now the Australian public is joining this movement,’ he said.
Speakers at the rally included Bob Brown, Richard Flanagan (Booker prize winning author), Madeline Wells (Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre), Eloise Carr (The Australia Institute), Steve Sanders (Friends of the Bays), Jenny Weber (Bob Brown Foundation), Alistair Allan (Bob Brown Foundation) and candidates Peter George (Independent) and Senator Nick McKim (The Greens).
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