The major parties have been all but silent on the environment this campaign, while the Greens say more nature should be protected, but it’s been a different story in the island state’s frenzied election campaign.
The major parties have been all but silent on the environment this campaign, while the Greens say more nature should be protected, but it’s been a different story in the island state’s frenzied election campaign . Nature was nearly entirely absent from the first month of campaigning ahead of election day on 23 March. By late last week, the incumbent Liberal party had issued more than 220 press releases since the campaign kicked off on Valentine’s Day. None included an environment policy.
Labor, which is attempting to return to power after 10 years in the political wilderness, had sent out 130 press releases without mentioning nature. Coincidentally or otherwise, that changed after the Tasmanian Greens flew journalists to Melaleuca, deep in the south-west world heritage wilderness, to make a string of announcements on Friday. Kate Crowley, an adjunct associate professor in politics at the University of Tasmania, said the environment had been “noticeably absent” from the election campaign despite what is sometimes described as the state’s clean, green image. She said this wasn’t surprising. “We have seen a continuing erosion of support from the major parties for protecting important nature areas,” she said. “In a way, this is as much a reaction to the Greens as anything to do with the environment itself
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