Video Description
The Australien Government has made ad about it's changes to our environment laws, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!
👉 Do not click it: https://linktr.ee/notshitcandidates
👉Take action:
🔹Neighbours of Fish Farming (NOFF): https://www.noff.au
🔹Bob Brown Foundation: https://bobbrown.org.au/get-involved/toxicsalmon
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👉References:
🔹Andrew Wilkie et al Press Conference, 25 March 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWI6fZaX_LY
🔹 Documents released via FOI mentioned in the video: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/bombshell-foi-reveals-fish-farms-have-been-inadequately-assessed-for-impact-on-threatened-species-and-world-heritage/
🔹Here’s the new laws passed in the final days of this Parliament to amend the EPBC Act: http://aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7323
🔹For an explanation of the new amendments made to the EPBC Act see:
🔸https://envirojustice.org.au/legal-explainer-alarm-over-plans-to-gut-environment-laws/
🔸https://www.holdingredlich.com/reconsidering-reconsiderations-changes-to-the-epbc-act-narrow-the-scope-of-merit-review
🔹Guardian, “Bill to protect Tasmanian salmon farming passes House despite fears of ‘alarming’ environmental protections rollback” https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/25/alarming-bill-to-protect-tasmanian-salmon-farming-could-stop-communities-challenging-other-projects-ntwnfb
🔹 “Paradise Lost” by Justin Kurzel and Connor Castles Lynch:
https://vimeo.com/742666590?share=copy
🔹Salmon Australia: https://salmontasmania.au/macquarieharbour/
🔹Australia Institute, “60 jobs: The salmon industry finally comes clean“ https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/60-jobs-the-salmon-industry-finally-comes-clean/
🔹Australia Institute, “Tasmanian salmon industry job numbers & tax payments” https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/small-fish-big-pond/
🔹https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/albanese-government-rewards-foreign-company-for-driving-endangered-species-towards-extinction/
🔹Ebony Bennett, “Our laws were in danger of doing what they were supposed to do – so they were changed“ https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-laws-were-in-danger-of-doing-what-they-were-supposed-to-do-so-they-were-changed
🔹Community Independents Project: https://www.communityindependentsproject.org/ci-mps-candidates
👉 Further reading:
🔹Watch our Honest Government Ad about the Environment Act, the backstory to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FLqYpD6eYw
🔹Richard Flanagan, “Labor’s first extinction” https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/may/richard-flanagan/labor-s-first-extinction
🔹Podcast: Eloise Carr explains the situation: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fish-out-of-water/id1078781512?i=1000699767682
🔹Tim Flannery, “Is eating Tasmanian farmed salmon worth snuffing out 40m years of evolution?” https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/07/is-eating-tasmanian-farmed-salmon-worth-snuffing-out-40m-years-of-evolution
🔹Crikey, “Peter George for Franklin: a political moment in Tasmania” https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/28/peter-george-franklin-tasmania-election-salmon-farming
🔹Mike Seccombe, “The politics of Tasmania’s salmon disaster” https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/03/01/the-politics-tasmanias-salmon-disaster
🔹ABC, “How many salmon farms are there in Tasmania, and who owns them?” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-28/where-are-the-salmon-farms-in-tasmania-located/105092228
🔹ABC, “Tasmania's big three salmon operations are foreign-owned. Here's a look at how the industry operates overseas”: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/salmon-companies-how-they-operate-tasmania-and-overseas/105092152
🔹Four Corners, “Big Fish” (2016): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-31/big-fish/7972064
👉 CREDITS:
🔹Produced by Patrons of The Juice Media
🔹Written by Giordano for The Juice Media
🔹Performed Zoë Amanda Wilson: https://www.instagram.com/zoeamandawilson
🔹Voice by Lucy
🔹Footage of Macquarie Harbour and salmon farms courtesy of Bob Brown Foundation: https://www.instagram.com/bobbrownfoundation/?hl=en
🔹Music by: https://audiojungle.net/item/inspiring/9325839
🔹Outro music: https://audiojungle.net/item/epic-adventure/7361244
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