December 18, 2024

Tasmania, the island that gifted the nation Bob Brown and his Greens, now finds itself ensnared in the same ideological traps it helped set. This time, the prey is the state’s billion-dollar salmon industry, a rare beacon of economic prosperity employing over 5,000 people. Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and her green disciples have their sights set on regulating the industry into oblivion. It’s a classic case of ideological zeal trumping common sense, and the