Tasmanian Parliament

Please write to Premier Lara Giddings

…and tell her how important it is to you that we have this areaprotected in a TarkineNational Park.

The Premier, The Hon. Lara Giddings, Executive Building Level 11, 15 Murray Street HOBART 7000

Ph: 6233 3464 Fax: 6234 1572

Email: lara.giddings@dpac.tas.gov.au

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Minister for the Environment Tony Burke holds the future of the Tarkine in his hands.

We need YOU to tell him that the Tarkine needs National Heritage Protection...and it is needed urgently!

A refuge for the Devil

The Tarkine is the home to the last disease free population of the Tasmanian Devil. The Tasmanaian Devil is being pushed to extinction by the fatal Devil Facial Tumour Disease. This disease has been estimated to have killed 80% of the Tasmanian Devil population in the past decade. As such the habitat of the Tarkine is critical to survival of this iconic species in the wild. Threats such as mining, logging and roading place the future of the Devil at risk.

Ten new mines for the Tarkine?

There are now ten new mines proposed for the Tarkine over the next five years, and the campaign to prevent this onslaught of destruction is heating up. Nine of these mines are Pilbara style open cut mines. The first two companies to submit for permits are Venture Minerals for their three proposed tin and iron ore mines at Mt Lindsay, and Shree Minerals for their proposed Nelson Bay River iron ore mine.