Save the Tarkine campaigner Scott Jordan will make a tilt for the Senate to replace ex-Greens leader Christine Milne. Mr Jordan is set to contest a pre-selection tussle for the federal upper house spot against Franklin Greens MHA Nick McKim and Launceston-based lawyer Vanessa Bleyer. Other contenders are likely to emerge in coming weeks, with Senator Milne to step down next year. Mr Jordan rose to prominence as the public face of the Tarkine National Coalition, a group established in 1994 to protect a large section of the North-West and West coasts. The group, which later changed its name to Save the Tarkine, has waged a number of court battles against mining companies operating or looking to operate in the region.
Save the Tarkine campaigner Scott Jordan will make a tilt for the Senate to replace ex-Greens leader Christine Milne.
Save the Tarkine campaigner Scott Jordan will make a tilt for the Senate to replace ex-Greens leader Christine Milne.
Mr Jordan is set to contest a pre-selection tussle for the federal upper house spot against Franklin Greens MHA Nick McKim and Launceston-based lawyer Vanessa Bleyer.
Other contenders are likely to emerge in coming weeks, with Senator Milne to step down next year.
Mr Jordan rose to prominence as the public face of the Tarkine National Coalition, a group established in 1994 to protect a large section of the North-West and West coasts.
The group, which later changed its name to Save the Tarkine, has waged a number of court battles against mining companies operating or looking to operate in the region.
