It's a landscape stretching from wind swept dunes and a rugged coastline which
was once frequented by the Tarkininer people and other Aboriginal groups,
through to the mountain ranges shrouded in rainforest, cut through by wild
rivers. It's home to the last healthy Tasmanian devils and other endangered
species like the giant freshwater lobsters. The Tarkine evokes an atavistic
sense of Australia, how it has evolved over more the 40 millions years. But the
area is under imminent threat, miners have plans for huge short-term open cut
mines in the heart of the area.
You've been among tens of thousands of GetUp members campaigning to prevent huge new strip and open-cut mines in the Tarkine - thank you. Unfortunately, Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has refused to stand up for the Tarkine wilderness of Tasmania. He refused the area Emergency Heritage listing, and has now granted a weak assessment process for the three strip and open-cut mines by Venture Minerals. It's clear these mines won't be properly scrutinised, even though the fate of the Tasmanian Devil hangs on the details.
But this is not the end, it's just the beginning. As the assessment process starts, we have the chance to come together as a movement and build public support for saving the Tarkine.
Thanks to the 2,020 GetUp members who chipped in the below ad is running in today's Sydney Morning Herald so we can ensure Tony Burke is held to account - giving the Tasmanian devil a voice at a time when only the mining industry are being heard.
Click here to see the full-size ad.
The Tarkine is now under threat from three huge strip and open cut mines. It's part of a plan by Venture Minerals to turn the rainforest into a "province of tin."1
Let Tony Burke know that you're disappointed he isn't giving proper scrutinty to the three massive open cut and strip mines, and that you don't support mining the Tarkine:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/save-our-forests/tarkine-devils/dont-mine-the-tarkine-tony
Thanks for all you do,
Paul Oosting and the GetUp team.
[1] Andrew Radonjic, Managing Director Venture Minerals. Tasmanian Minerals Council Conference, 2011.
GetUp Action for Australia is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. We receive no political party or government funding, and every campaign we run is entirely supported by voluntary donations. If you'd like to contribute to help fund GetUp Action for Australia's work, please donate now! If you have trouble with any links in this email, please go directly to www.getup.org.au. To unsubscribe from GetUp Action for Australia, please click here. Authorised by Sam Mclean on behalf of GetUp Action for Australia, Level 2, 104 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010.
You've been among tens of thousands of GetUp members campaigning to prevent huge new strip and open-cut mines in the Tarkine - thank you. Unfortunately, Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has refused to stand up for the Tarkine wilderness of Tasmania. He refused the area Emergency Heritage listing, and has now granted a weak assessment process for the three strip and open-cut mines by Venture Minerals. It's clear these mines won't be properly scrutinised, even though the fate of the Tasmanian Devil hangs on the details.
But this is not the end, it's just the beginning. As the assessment process starts, we have the chance to come together as a movement and build public support for saving the Tarkine.
Thanks to the 2,020 GetUp members who chipped in the below ad is running in today's Sydney Morning Herald so we can ensure Tony Burke is held to account - giving the Tasmanian devil a voice at a time when only the mining industry are being heard.
Click here to see the full-size ad.
The Tarkine is now under threat from three huge strip and open cut mines. It's part of a plan by Venture Minerals to turn the rainforest into a "province of tin."1
Let Tony Burke know that you're disappointed he isn't giving proper scrutinty to the three massive open cut and strip mines, and that you don't support mining the Tarkine:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/save-our-forests/tarkine-devils/dont-mine-the-tarkine-tony
Thanks for all you do,
Paul Oosting and the GetUp team.
[1] Andrew Radonjic, Managing Director Venture Minerals. Tasmanian Minerals Council Conference, 2011.
GetUp Action for Australia is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. We receive no political party or government funding, and every campaign we run is entirely supported by voluntary donations. If you'd like to contribute to help fund GetUp Action for Australia's work, please donate now! If you have trouble with any links in this email, please go directly to www.getup.org.au. To unsubscribe from GetUp Action for Australia, please click here. Authorised by Sam Mclean on behalf of GetUp Action for Australia, Level 2, 104 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010.
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