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Contact your MPs
If the Tarkine is to be protected, it is crucial that MPs receive constant pressure from their electorates. Emails and phone calls are a great way to demonstrate community concern, so we have compiled a list of key politicians who are responsible for local, state and federal environmental decisions. (See below for a template!) You can also find your local minister by following this link, and this link for your senators. Prime Minister, Scott Morrison Liberal Party Member for Cook, NSW Parliament Office PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Telephone: (02) 6277 7700 NO EMAIL ADDRESS IS AVAILABLE FOR SCOTT MORRISON DURING THE CARETAKER PERIOD Premier of Tasmania, Will Hodgman Liberal Party will.hodgman@dpac.tas.gov.au Telephone: (03) 6165 7830 Federal Minister for the Environment, Melissa Price, Liberal Party Parliament Office PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Telephone: (02) 6277 7920 Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg Liberal Party Member for Kooyong, VIC Josh.Frydenberg.MP@aph.gov.au (03) 5979 3188 (Canberra) (03) 9882 3677 (Melbourne Office) Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten Labor Party Member for Maribyrnong VIC Bill.Shorten.MP@aph.gov.au (03) 9326 1300 Shadow Minister for Environment and Water Tony Burke Labor Party Member for Watson, NSW Tony.Burke.MP@aph.gov.au (02) 9750 9088 VICTORIAN MPs Adam Bandt (Greens, Melbourne) adam.bandt.MP@aph.gov.au (03) 9417 0759 Michael Danby (ALP, Melbourne Ports) Michael.Danby.MP@aph.gov.au (03) 9534 8126 Jenny Macklin (ALP, Jagajaga) jmacklin.MP@aph.gov.au (03) 9459 1411 Tim Watts (ALP, Gellibrand) tim.watts.MP@aph.gov.au (03) 9687 7661 Kelly O’Dwyer (LIB, Higgins) kelly.odwyer.MP@aph.gov.au (03) 9822 4422 Peter Khalil (ALP, Wills) Peter.Khalil.MP@ aph.gov.au (03) 9350 5777 Tim Wilson (LIB, Goldstein) Tim.Wilson.MP@aph.gov.au (03) 9557 4644 |
Become a TAV member!
Membership is a great way to support the campaign and keep updated on news and events. We would love you to become part of our committee as well, so if you have the time and would like to commit to joining the team, please email through your interest with your membership form. To become a member of TAV, please download and fill in our membership form here. Please email your completed form to tarkineassociationvictoria@gmail.com We can provide you with our details to make an online banking transfer. Our membership fees are: $10 concession, $20 for full wage earners, and $35 for a family. TAV is entirely run by volunteers, 100% of your membership fees and donations go directly towards our campaign costs. 
Having trouble with how to write to your Member of Parliament?
Here's our template! Dear [Politician title and name] - address ministers as "The Hon. [insert name]" and senators as "Senator the Hon [insert name]" Protection of the Tarkine Wilderness in Tasmania must be a priority. It is the largest remaining tract of cool temperate rainforest in Australia -- an extremely rare forest globally -- and a culturally significant area of Aboriginal sites. The Tarkine provides habitat for over 60 rare, threatened and endangered species, including the last disease-free refuge for the iconic Tasmanian Devil. Protecting the Tarkine as a National Park will create more jobs from wilderness tourism than from proposed forestry and mining operations. Now AND tomorrow. Neither major party has a good record on the Tarkine: although protected under the Howard government by interim National Heritage listing, the Rudd Labor government allowed this to lapse. The Tasmanian State Government are logging its ancient old-growth forests and large-scale mining exploration leases have been issued across swaths of this world-class heritage area. What are your party's present policies regarding the Tarkine? Will you work to make the Tarkine a National Park? As you know, a large proportion of your electorate are strongly supportive of environmental protection. Your response to the Tarkine is a test of you and your party’s resolve to protect Australia’s great natural areas for future generations. This issue will influence my vote in the next Federal election, so I would like to request an individual reply to my letter, not a ‘pro forma’. Yours, [name] (OPTIONAL: Member, Tarkine Association Victoria) |
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