The TCT’s 40th anniversary retrospective exhibition went on display at the Launceston Environment Centre last month. The exhibition was launched in Hobart last September (see The Tasmanian Conservationist, September 2008) and is a pictorial history featuring some of the major campaigns undertaken by the TCT since its inception in 1967. The driving force behind the Launceston display and Master of Ceremonies on the night was TCT Councillor Neville Gray, who said it was essential to involve TCT members throughout the state. ‘It is important that members are able to see and appreciate the diversity of the work undertaken by the Trust if we are to retain and grow our membership’, he added.
Fisheries Update - June 2009
Bay of Fires National Park proposal
Like most observers of the State Government, the TCT was completely surprised by Premier David Bartlett’s statement in the State of the State Address on 3 March, ‘I am pleased to announce today the intention of this Government to establish the Bay of Fires National Park’. From what we can gather this was the Premier’s idea alone and even the Department of Primary Industries and Water and its minister David Llewellyn (who has responsibility for reserve declarations), had no role. The script of the Premier’s address makes it clear that the national park proposal was inspired by the Lonely Planet Guide’s acknowledgement of the Bay of Fires as its must-see destination of 2009. It appears the Premier wants to take advantage of the benefit national park status brings for promoting the area as a tourist attraction, but failed to consider any other issues.