ACTIVISTS REQUEST REAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO FLORENTINE LOGGING CRISIS
PRESS CONFERENCE. 1PM.
PARLIAMENT LAWNS, HOBART
Still Wild Still Threatened is holding a press conference on Parliament Lawns at 1pm today, detailing a request for the state government to take meaningful and mature action to address the growing community outrage over roading operations in the Upper Florentine Valley.
"Ancient trees are being felled in the World Heritage valued forests of the Upper Florentine every hour. More Tasmanians are becoming outraged at this senseless vandalism. And to date the government response has consisted of attacking peaceful activists and other environmentalists over trivial matters," said Still Wild Still Threatened spokesperson Ula Majewski.
"Can Resources Minister David Llewellyn tell the Tasmanian people what profit they stand to make from the destruction of an irreplaceable piece of our natural heritage?" Ula Majewski said.
More Florentine Action This Morning
"This morning another road-blocking tree sit structure was erected in the Upper Florentine. Local police undertook the incredibly dangerous step of standing on a tensioned, life-bearing cable and allowing heavy machinery to drive over the cable, seriously endangering an activists, and their own, safety," Ula Majewski said.
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