Tasmania

Skating on thin ice: Endangered Tasmanian skate approaching extinction

The Maugean Skate is a ray found on the West Coast of Tasmania in Macquarie Harbour. Due to the effects of salmon farming reducing the oxygen in the water, the Maugean Skate is now facing extinction with numbers sitting at around 1500 individual skate remaining. The Australian Marine Conservation Society and the Humane Society International …

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Anti conversion therapy ban bill campaign is disinforming Tasmanians

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff announced the government will introduce a bill banning conversion therapy early next year after the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute report was released this year. However, there’s a targeted campaign against the bill saying it will criminalise parents who question their children’s wish to change gender. Supporters of the bill say this …

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