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ABC News
4 days ago
- Politics
- ABC News
New independent MP Peter George calls out Tasmania's major parties as he joins a progressive crossbench
An anti-salmon farm independent candidate is set to be elected to Tasmania's parliament — as part of a crossbench that could pose even more challenges for the Liberals and Labor. Former ABC journalist Peter George will be elected in Franklin, describing the two major parties as "a bunch of squabblers" who need to engage more constructively with the crossbench. With counting continuing, the crossbench could be five Greens MP, Mr George, progressive independents Kristie Johnston in Clark and Craig Garland in Braddon, and former Labor leader David O'Byrne. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers candidate in Lyons, Carlo Di Falco, is also a chance of being elected. That would make a 10-member crossbench in the 35-seat lower house — nine from the progressive side of politics, and one conservative. The Liberals could end with 15 or 16 seats, and Labor with 10, with 18 needed for majority. Mr George said the Liberals and Labor need to change how they approach state politics. "We need some maturity from those two old parties to negotiate a way through that gives us four years of stable government for the benefit of all Tasmanians, not for party political interests." Mr George said he would focus on "budget repair, social repair, island repair and integrity repair". The likely returned Braddon independent MP Craig Garland supported the no-confidence motion against Premier Jeremy Rockliff. He said he wanted to ensure the next parliament could go the distance. "If Jeremy is the premier, we've already had discussions," he said. We've tried to push things along, it didn't work, but now we have to make it work. "There's no other choice than to make it work." Independent candidate David O'Byrne has served in Tasmania's parliament for 11 years, and said independents should not come to the major parties with a list of conditions for their support. "I think that becomes transactional," he said. "If you have a list of 10 issues that you want to prosecute, what happens if those 10 issues are resolved? There will be issues in months or years to come. "I won't make the perfect the enemy of the good, I will allow a government to form, and I won't be supporting frivolous no-confidence motions regardless of who forms government." The last election saw three Jacqui Lambie Network MPs elected. This election two ran with the Nationals, and one as an independent. All three have been defeated.
BBC News
09-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Fish firm to provide housing in Scalpay due to lack of homes
A salmon farm company is to provide housing for its workers at a site in Scalpay due to a lack of available accommodation on the Scotland (BFS) has been granted planning permission for 14 temporary units and welfare facilities at Cuddy told Western Isles local authority, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, a lack of homes had created difficulties for the company in recruiting and retaining units are to be made available to workers across BFS' Isle of Harris operations. The comhairle said that while the proposal to site the temporary accommodation in a compound was "not ideal," it had been justified in terms of the identified employs more than 400 people across about 45 sites on Scotland's west by local democracy journalist Peter Urpeth.
RNZ News
12-06-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
This salmon farm in the middle of nowhere is for sale
The Paringa Salmon Farm Cafe in south Westland Photo: Flickr / Paul Carmona / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 South Westland Salmon Farm on State Highway 6 is surrounded by mountains, rivers and valleys. Whoever buys the farm from the Monk family will get an off-the-shelf salmon farm business complete with cafe with a commercial kitchen, gift shop and office space. The current owner is Ben Monk and he joins Jesse.
BBC News
05-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Cleethorpes salmon farm plan approved after legal challenge
A £120m onshore salmon farm has been granted planning approval, despite a legal challenge by an animal rights group.A judicial review was held in February after Animal Equality UK challenged the proposed Cleethorpes farm on the basis of animal welfare High Court Judge Karen Ridge upheld the council's decision to allow the salmon farm but ruled that animal welfare concerns could be a key planning consideration in future the review, the leader of North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC), Philip Jackson, said he "looked forward to seeing this development progress". The salmon farm, located at New Clee and put forward by Aquacultured Seafood LTD, will span a 10-acre (40,000-sq-m) site and process 5,000 tonnes a will also create over 300 jobs, 100 of which would be permanent, according to the Local Democracy Reporting voted seven to four in favour of planning approval in November was put on hold due to the judicial review which was granted in September and took place at Leeds Combined Court Alex Shattock, who represented the animal rights group in court, said it was the first reported case to consider the significance of animal welfare concerns in planning decisions. 'Fight to bitter end' Mark Berthet, Aquacultured's director, said the fishing industry had "long been a source of employment for North East Lincolnshire residents"."Providing not only income, but a sense of pride and community, and we intend to ensure that it continues," he leader, Jackson, said the farm would offer a "great opportunity in innovative methods of sustainable salmon farming" along with creating "economic investment and employment".Animal Equality UK's executive director, Abigail Penny, said the group had worked on stopping the fish farm's development for two years."We have absolutely no intention of backing down now."This is nothing but a corporate land grab and we won't stand for it. "We will fight until the bitter end," she said. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
