The Australian Greens have responded to Prime Minister Albanese cosying up to multinational salmon farming corporations on Tasmania's west coast, saying he should ensure that salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour ends.
"The PM and Peter Dutton are in a race to the bottom of Macquarie Harbour where they will find the Maugean skate on the edge of extinction," Greens Senator for Tasmania Senator Nick McKim said.
"The big winner will be the profits of foreign salmon farming corporations and the big loser will be the environment and in particular the ancient Maugean skate."
"Silly political games like this are driving an ancient species into extinction and destroying the marine ecosystem of Macquarie Harbour."
"This is extinction politics, and Tasmanian salmon is extinction salmon."
"Foreign salmon farming corporations are chasing ever bigger profits and Labor and the Liberals are falling over themselves to deliver, no matter what the cost to nature."
"These are the same greedy corporates who now want to expand around Storm Bay and in other Tasmanian coastal waters, and plunder a recently discovered massive population of sardines to feed their toxic fish factories."
"Salmon farming needs to be booted out of Macquarie Harbour and transition support given to the small number of workers impacted."
