The Tasmanian Greens are demonising the Tasmanian salmon industry, says Labor Senator Helen Polley

February 17 2017 - 6:30am

Political parties are often searching for new issues or campaigns to engage the community and their voter base. This can be both a virtue and a vice. It is a virtue when parties activate the community to discuss an issue or problem. However it and can be particularly dangerous when a political party is suffering from relevance deprivation syndrome and overreaches to the point of damaging organisations or an industry.

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