00:00The fury of environmentalists directed at the federal government.
00:07Some of the country's biggest green groups switching target from Peter Dutton to the
00:11Prime Minister.
00:12This week in Parliament, the Prime Minister is proposing to send a species extinct.
00:19We have to stop that.
00:20The skate is at the same levels that it was back a decade ago.
00:26The change is intended to quash the current challenge to salmon farming in Tasmania's
00:50Macquarie Harbour, brought on by environment groups worried about the endangered Mugean
00:56I can guarantee the mining companies would never get out of it, would never get away
01:00with an exemption of what salmon's asking for tomorrow.
01:03The fact that Tasmania's salmon corporations need a carve out from federal environment
01:08laws to even be able to continue to operate sends a very clear message.
01:13But with the coalition likely to support the amendment, their protests may be futile.
01:19I want to leave Parliament this week with the bill having passed because it's what Tasmanian
01:23salmon workers need.
01:25We support jobs, but we also support sustainability.
01:28Labor swept into power with a plan to strengthen the nation's environment laws.
01:33Three years later, green groups say it's ending its first term, weakening them.
01:38And while salmon farming inspired this amendment, they fear the change will have broader implications.
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