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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Is there no end to what the salmon industry thinks it can get away with in our waters? Full marks to independent journalist, Bob Burton, and MLC, Meg Webb, for digging out a dirty secret. Where the hell was the EPA in all this? tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/salmon-...

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Tasmanian salmon firm confirms use of antibiotic at hatchery

A major Tasmanian salmon producer used an antibiotic to treat a disease outbreak at a hatchery in Hobart’s water catchment, but made no public announcement.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A sad and fond farewell to John Kudelka, Tasmanian political cartoonist, Walkley Award winner and much loved for his quizzical, sometimes searing take on events and politics in our state and around the nation. John died far too young at 53.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Thanks to the great organisers of Party in the Paddock for inviting me to speak to a great audience of all ages about being an Independent MP and how important it is for all of us to be engaged with the democratic process & the future of our island. Thanks, too, to all the volunteers!.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I call on the government and the responsible ministers to ensure an immediate, full and transparent investigation with no cover-ups pulsetasmania.com.au/news/mp-rais...

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MP raises concerns over ‘rotting fish flesh’ washed up on Verona Sands beach

Peter George believes the remains are from a nearby salmon farm…

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

With the 15 members of the Leg Co on the brink of debating next week whether the Mac Point stadium build should go ahead, they’ll have yet one more thorny issue to ponder with Tasmania’s credit rating downgrade by the ratings agency, Moody’s. 1/3

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The weather is being anything but kind to my hardy friends getting out on roadsides everyday to promote the No Stadium rally next Sunday at 11am. Join them tomorrow morning from 7.30 at the top of Macquarie St, opposite the Southern Outlet. Wrap up warmly and bring along a jacket!

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A great start to rebooting Voices of Franklin on Thursday at Robbie Brown’s, Kingston Beach. The focus? Making Franklin ever more Independent in state & federal elections. Thank you, to everyone who gathered to hear about the growing Independent movement www.voicesoffranklin.org/home

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

No team without the Macquarie Point stadium? That mantra just doesn’t hold true when you strip it down. Here’s a discussion with author and journalist, Richard Flanagan, on why it’s perfectly reasonable to say “Yes Team, No Stadium” - Pt1/2

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

For a state struggling to educate Tasmanians for the 21st century, swinging fee hikes and course cuts is the last thing we need. Looks like budget cuts in all the wrong places to help pay for the AFL stadium we don’t need and can’t afford. #politas

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

More spin than a laundrette is my quick takeaway from the government’s lazy response to the Tasmanian Planning Commission’s deep analysis of the Macquarie Point Stadium proposal. Frankly, it reads like a consultant’s report created using ChatGPT that wouldn’t convince even the most avid 1/2

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Tasmanian ship’s captain Madeleine Habib has been detained after the boat The Conscience was intercepted in international waters off the coast of Gaza in recent hours. The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Thanks to Save Our Marine Environment and Environment Tasmania for the honour of speaking before the Franklin Palais showing of the magnificent film, Ocean with David Attenborough, to a full house on Saturday evening.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

It’s been a long time coming but at last some movement on making Tasmania’s government and its decision making more transparent and accountable. Last week we saw the report on our Right to Information and it was pretty damning. Its recommendations for change will be hard for the government to resist

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The Tasmanian planning commission has come out with a very clear verdict on the Macquarie point Stadium. It’s not in the right place, it doesn’t come at the right cost and it will be an imposition on future generations as the costs of running the place mount. 1/2

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

A mea culpa today, I’m sorry to say. But if you set out to be transparent as an MP, you have to admit your failings while claiming your successes.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I met with members of the Leslie Vale Community Group tackling real community issues - the dangerous intersection where Leslie Vale Road intersects with the Huon Highway, blasts from the nearby blue metal quarry, foot tracks & a planned mobile phone tower.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Tasmania’s locally owned helicopter rescue service, Rotorlift, has lost its bid for a new $350million 10-year contract to a mainland company. I met owner, Allana Corbin, a week ago raising issues with the tender process that she felt unfairly discriminated against Rotorlift. 1/3

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

What might have been a long day in Parliament with high drama over Labor’s motion for a no confidence motion in Jeremy Rockliff’s Liberals turned out to be something of a damp squib. You might think that’s a good thing. Labor lost the motion overwhelmingly when not one member 1/5

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The Liberals are home and hosed. Labor’s no-confidence motion against the Rockliff government will fail, pre-determined by five Greens announcing they won’t support it. This is more to do with Labor’s ineptitude in abysmally failing to work towards genuine compromise and collaboration than anything.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Discussion continue with Liberal and Labor party leaders over the policies they’ll pursue if they take the reins of government next week. This evening it was Labor’s Dean Winter talking to the whole cross bench about policy issues of concern. It may seem all very slow and tedious if you’re 1/3

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Is there or isn’t there a farmed salmon disease outbreak in off Roaring Beach at the south of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel? Depends on who you speak to. Last night I got a call from caretaker premier, Jeremy Rockliff about a “serious issue” involving disease in salmon pens and the 1/3

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Some signs of hope today that the Liberals have grasped the nettle of working as a minority government when caretaker Treasurer, Eric Abetz, convened a meeting with cross benchers to discuss collaboration in getting the state out of the ever increasing budget black hole.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Regarding minister Murray Watts decision on Macquarie harbour: “Any government with a conscience would have encouraged the transition of the industry out of our waterways by increasing lease fees and imposing a resource rental tax on their turnover.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Some optimistic signs this weekend that both Labor and Liberal parties are getting to grips with the idea of what good minority government looks like. Amazingly, an idea I floated as a “dream” several weeks ago of appointing the very smart independent MLC, Ruth Forrest 1/3

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Hold on to your hats - bumpy road ahead. With Jeremy Rockliff facing down the next Parliament by daring it to challenge the Liberals’ right to sit on the Treasury benches and Labor’s Dean Winter threatening an immediate no confidence vote in less than two weeks’ time when the new Parliament 1/2

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Collaboration across Parliament starts with the Declaration of the Polls in Parliament House, Hobart today. So many thanks to Liberal stalwart & caretaker Treasurer, Guy Barnett, for taking the photo and sending it to me.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Wow! Talk about a sobering experience - a briefing by Treasury officials to cross benchers shows how the debt burden is eating up our future. They’re warning it’s “mathematically impossible to grow our way out of debt” because we’re borrowing as if using a credit card to pay for both the mortgage1/2

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I might be dreaming but what about respected independent MLC, Ruth Forrest, for the next state Treasurer to start budget repair? I caught up with her in Launceston today to hear her views about dealing with escalating debt. Across party lines, Ruth’s widely viewed as one of our most able MPs. 1/2

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Daily dispatch: there’s been a positive response to the efforts of independents Kristie Johnston, Craig Garland & me on our decision to take a slow & careful route towards a stable minority government for the next four years. Craig & I met Opposition leader Dean Winter today. 1/2

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Daily Dispatch: This afternoon in my first collaboration with independents Kristie Johnston and Craig Garland, we issued a joint statement on our approach to collaborative minority government, promising good faith negotiations and no drip feeding to the media. Find the statement on the website

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Daily Dispatch: Not a lot to report today - just preparations for becoming the new kid on the block in Parliament. I did catch up with MLC Meg Webb and I reckon she’s right in proposing legislating a 4-year fixed term Parliament to help build stability and good governance.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Daily Dispatch: Today I met with Dean Winter, but also of interest, was a document on protocols that was released by Rockliff to the public, with just an hour or two of preview for the Independents. All I can say at this stage is it is a little disappointing as a protocol for collaboration

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

My condolences to everyone at the ABC. Peter Ryan was, in a tough profession, a truly gentle person, and he was a lovely man to know, a lovely man to deal with. Always gentle, a real delight.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Daily dispatch: Well the process of forming government has begun, and I’ve been in initial conversations with party leaders today. Not much else to report so far, but it is a concern that both Labor and Liberal have drawn hard lines in the sand about their positions. #politas #taspol

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

39 days took us from a standing start to winning more votes in Franklin on the current count than any other candidate. We have sent a strong message Liberal and Labor. Thankyou to everyone who supported and drove our campaign with such goodwill and to all the people in Franklin who voted for me.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Thanks Essie! Voting for more support for teachers, at both secondary and primary level will help build the best possible futures for our kids and grandkids. Voting independent means voting for a voice for your community. Let’s get this done Franklin! #voteindependent #votepetergeorge

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Final reminder folks, only YOU have the POWER to determine where your preferences go. To vote independent in Franklin, head to Group C, number the boxes 1-7 and then if you wish, continue numbering other candidates in the order of your preference. You MUST number at least 7 boxes for a valid vote

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Rayne Allinson, another independent candidate in Franklin speaks about our democracy, and how a minority government truly serves communities, counter to the rhetoric of the two old parties. Thanks @voicesoftasmania for working to strengthen our democracy through community independents.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Tomorrow, Tasmanians go back to the polls for their state election — and we couldn’t be prouder to support community backed independent Peter George 🙌 Hear from some of his supporters on why they’re backing him to win 🌞 #politas #taspol #voteindependent #votepetergeorge

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

To learn more about my policy platform before you vote this Saturday, head to www.petergeorgeforfranklin.com

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Today my campaign reports all donors who have contributed $1,000 or more to the campaign since the state election was called on June 10. This includes donations made in the 20 days before new election funding laws came into force on July 1. I call on the two old parties to do the same.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

How to vote. 🗳️ Under the Hare Clark system only you, the voter has the power to direct preferences. So, how do you do that? By numbering every box. Find Group C, vote 1️⃣ Peter George, and then number boxes 2,3,4,5,6,7 Group C, and then continue to number ALL boxes in the order of your preference.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Yet again both the old parties have refused to meet not just with community, but 12 organisations who are actively working to protect Tasmania’s native heritage through invasive species management. Independents can work together on solutions, be a powerful crossbench, and form minority government.

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Beep for Pete! 📣 And remember to vote 1️⃣ Peter George 19th July in the 2025 Tasmanian state election. If elected, I will address the key issues affecting our state and the electorate of Franklin. Health, Housing and Education. Not to mention an Independent Commission Against Corruption.

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