People who protest at workplaces such as farms, businesses and forestry operations could face 18 months' jail under new laws tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
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The government has rebirthed its workplace protection legislation after the original legislation was struck out by the High Court in 2017.
Primary Industries Minister Guy Barnett said activists that trespassed on a premises with the intent to impede business activity could face 18 months' imprisonment for the first offence and four years' jail for a second offence.
The jail terms could attract an additional $10,000 fine for individuals and $100,000 for a corporation, he said.
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Mr Barnett said the updated legislation addressed issues with the original laws raised by the High Court.
"It has been drafted to apply to all people and only to actions which affect or have the potential to affect the lawful rights of others," he said.
Jail has no terror like life on Earth destroyed.
- Bob Brown, in response to new laws tabled in Tasmanian Parliament today
Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Michael Bailey said the chamber supported the right of peaceful protest but not economic terrorism.
"We have seen vegan protesters invade abattoirs, forest protesters chained inside machinery - dangerous for both the protesters and those workers trying to extricate them - and environmental protesters chaining themselves to wooden furniture in Tasmanian furniture stores," he said.
Forest Industries Association of Tasmania acting chief executive Terry Edwards said the organisation would have been happier with stronger penalties for offences.
Constitutional law expert Brendan Gogarty in a submission said the bill removed its focus on protesters but remained problematic.
"Given the ineffective nature of the previous legislation, the expense involved in conceiving, drafting and defending it, and its erosion of fundamental constitutional and civil rights, the bill should be dropped altogether," he said.
The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute in a submission said the laws remained overly punitive and imposed unnecessary restrictions on freedom of political communication.
"The likelihood that the legislation does not resolve the problems identified by the High Court in relation to its earlier iteration ... means that it could be open to challenge on constitutional grounds and for non-compliance with human rights," it said.
Greens leader Cassy O'Connor said peaceful protest groups such as the Knitting Nannas could be captured by the proposed laws.
She called for the house to divide on a vote on whether the legislation should be tabled.
Labor and government members in the affirmative.
