Media

Uncovering Buried Treasure | Adam Beeson, ACF ‘Habitat’ Magazine. November 2022.

Media Release | TWWHA 40th present; Pedder possability in 2023 UN flagship projects. 14th December 2022

Media Release | Dam Edgar “strengthening” project costs creeping up before the project gets approval – it’s time to decommission the dams. | 2nd December 2022.

Lake Pedder, a dam on a fault line and a Tasmanian town downstream — but what’s the risk? | ABC Adam Holmes. 1st October 2022.

Senator Nick McKims speech; Hean Tribute Flight & calling on the commonwealth to nominate Pedder as Australias flagship project in the UN decade on ecosystem restoration. Australian Senate, 27th September 2022.

Dr Kevin Keirnan, Geomorphologist and author, speaking about the Edgar Fault and dams | ABC Radio, Mornings Tasmania. 21st September 2022

Fork in the road: can Tasmania unwind the environmental damage at Lake Pedder? | The Guardian, Adam Morton. 17th September 2022

Tasmania’s Dam Choices: spend big or shut and restore | The Weekend Australian, Matt Denholm. 10th September 2022.

The fight to save Lake Pedder continues 50 years on from one of Tasmania’s greatest unsolved mysteries | ABC 7.30 Report, Ellen Coulter. 8th Septmeber 2022

Missing aviators case still mystifies | The Mercury, Talking Point, Bob Holderness-Roddam. 7th Septmeber 2022.

Descendants of Brenda Hean, missing since 1972, to complete skywriting flight to Canberra | The Mercury, Rob Inglis. 3rd September 2022

Media Release | Restoration of Lake Pedder, the beacon of light in Australia’s damning State of the Environment Report. 22nd July 2022

Christine Milne remembers Melva Truchanas | ABC Radio Hobart and ABC Tasmania, 17th May 2022

‘Matriarch of Tasmanian environmental movement and widow of Olegas Truchanas dies at 92’ | Amber Wilson, The Herald Sun, 16th May 2022

Lake Pedder was flooded 50 years ago. Could it be restored to its former glory? | Nick Baker, ABC National online. 16th May 2022.

Vale Melva Truchanas, Champion of Tasmania’s Wilds | Tasmanian Times, Lake Pedder Restoration Inc Media Statement, 15th May 2022.

Tasmania’s buried treasure: Lake Pedder discussed on Blueprint for Living | Jonathan Green with Rima Truchanas and Frances Green. 14th May 2022.

Is it time to restore Lake Pedder? 50 years on, remembering Brenda Hean | 4th May 2022, Celia Watchorn and Dick Friend on ABC Drive with Kylie Baxter (58min mark)

Andy Szollosi, Patrick Kirkby ride to Parliament House in Lake Pedder restoration movement | Alex Crowe, Canberra Times. April 12th 2022.

Buried Treasure: the story of Lake Pedder | ABC The History Listen. Frances Green and Rima Truchanas. April12th 2022

Lake’s ‘beauty’ captured in book by Anthony Chidiac | Fairfield City Champion News, Chris Boulous. April 4th, 2022.

The legacy of Lake Pedder: how the world’s first Green Party was born in Tasmania 50 years ago | Prof Ben Richardson. The Conversation March 23rd, 2022.

How the fight to save Tasmania’s Lake Pedder led to the world’s first green party | Paddy Manning. The Guardian March 19th, 2022.

Lake Pedder was flooded 50 years ago for hydro power, but could it now be time to drain it? | Alex Alvaro. ABC February 28th 2022.

AGEING DAMS POSE GROWING THREAT: UN | United Nations University. 22nd January 2022.

Australian comedy legend Rob Sitch joins push to restore Tasmania’s Lake Pedder | Rob Inglis. The Mercury 16th January 2022. PDF Here.

The Myth and Legend of Truchanas | Simon Bevilacqua. Hobart Mercury. 15th January 2022.

A wild life and legacy – 50 years on from the death of a pioneer | by Sally Powell. Advocate Newspaper. 7th January 2022.

Media Release | Truchanas legacy stronger than ever, 50 years after his tragic death on 6th January 1972. | 5th Jan 2022.

Talking Point: Calls to drain hydro dam to restore world’s rarest beach. Some big names have joined forces to propose a bold New Year’s resolution to restore Lake Pedder and its inland beach, which were flooded 50 years ago to create a hydro dam. The Mercury. December 29th, 2021. PDF available here.

Liberating the Islands Soul. Simon Bevilacqua | Mercury. November 6th 2021.

The hydropower industry is talking the talk. But fine words won’t save our last wild rivers. The Conversation | September 2021.

Pedder Unplugged Podcast | Ep:02 Pedder 2000 with Hilary Bennell. September 22nd 2021

Coal Miners Driving Tesla’s | Episode 58 with Christine Milne. Septemer 21st 2021.

Restoration in a climate crisis: Tasmania’s Lake Pedder | Christine Milne speaking with international group Island Innovations | September 9th 2021

Pedder can be restored without compromising Tasmania’s energy security MEDIA RELEASE | September 8th 2021

Pedder Unplugged Podcast | LAUNCHED | Ep:01 ‘Up a tree, in a Boat, on a Lake’ with Dick Friend. September 8th 2021

United Nations, Never give up hope – big wins for the environment are possible | Christine Milne TEDx Talk, United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Blog

Media Release: World Biodiversity Day ‘Threatened plant salvaged when Lake Pedder was flooded, survives, ready to again thrive once the Serpentine Valley is restored.’ May 22nd, 2021

‘The Particular Psychology of Destroying a Planet’ Bill McKibbon, The New Yorker, 21st May 2021

Never give up – big wins for the planet are possible | Christine Milne | TEDxBrisbane – YouTube 30th April 2021

Rewilding Tasmania’s Lake Pedder with Christine Milne 26th April 2021

Spend $65m Restoring Lake Pedder Not Propping Up Dams – Tasmanian Times 23rd April, 2021

Spend $65m dam money on restoring forests, rivers and Lake Pedder, Christine Milne, Opinion Piece, The Mercury. 22nd April (Earth Day) 2021.

Prince Philips Stand for the Tassie Wilderness‘ Bob Brown, The Mercury (Subscriber only), 16th April 2021

‘2021 Paddle for Pedder Press Release’ 29th March 2021

‘Rewilding Tasmania’s Finest Lake’ Tabatha Badger, The Rewilding Institute (US), 2nd March 2021

Lake Pedder critical piece of Tasmania’s narrative, David Adams, Opinion Piece The Examiner, 21st January 2021

‘Save Pedder for our Generation’, Tabatha Badger, Talking Point The Mercury, 13th January 2021

Regenerative tourism is the natural next step for Tasmanian industry‘ Amanda Ducker, The Mercury, 23rd October 2020.

‘Lake Pedder protesters Brenda Hean, Max Price left Hobart in a Tiger Moth biplane bound for Canberra. They were never seen again’ ABC Hobart. 18th October 2020.

‘Restoring a National Icon: Lake Pedder’ The Project, 5.30min segment, 14th September 2020

Lake Pedder answer ‘blowing in the wind’: Bob Brown, The Australian, 6th September 2020.

‘Rewilding Tasmania: The Ecological Challenge of Restoring Lake Pedder’ one episode in Beaker Streets 2020 SciArtWalks Podcasts. September 2020.

‘Giving a Dam’ by Johanna Gilmore, curator of collections and research at the National Portrait Gallery. The first installment of her new ‘True South’ series. May 2020

‘Who Killed Brenda Hean?’ by Ingrid Pyne. The Australian Women’s Weekly, March 2020

Paddling for restoration of Pedder‘ Press Release 2020 Paddle for Pedder

Hope for an angel to undo vandals’ destruction’ Simon Bevilacqua, Saturday Mercury, 22 Nov 2019

Tasmania’s big idea to lead us to future prosperity‘ Simon Bevilacqua, Saturday Mercury,  1 Nov 2019

Christine Milne discusses Restoring Lake Pedder on ABC Mornings (52.52min) with Piia Wirsu, 30 October 2019

‘Lake Pedder art auction; former Greens leader Christine Milnes bid to restore lake‘ Penny McLeod, The Mercury 30 October 2019

‘Draining Lake Pedder 50 years on gains environmental momentum’  Georgie Burgess, ABC, October 5th 2019

‘UN backs plan to Restore Pedder’ Rob Inglis, The Examiner, September 30th 2019

‘Will draining Lake Pedder do more harm than good?’  Christine Milne with Ryk Goddard on ABC Radio, September 27th 2019

‘Jewel of the South-West Wilderness’ Tabatha Badger, Southward Journal (Keep Tassie Wild), September 27th 2019

‘Lake Pedder the new movement – Restoration’  Tabatha Badger, WILD Magazine, September 20th 2019

‘Restore Pedder’ Christine Milne, WILD Magazine, April 28th 2019

‘Prospect of tapping Lake Pedder for water prompts calls for it to be restored to pre-flood statehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-28/prospect-of-tapping-lake-pedder-prompts-restoration-calls/7206026

ABC Feb 2016.

Aviator Lloyd Jones finally granted dying wish as ashes scattered over Lake Pedder. ABC News, A.Bhole, September 15th 2017.

Geoff Mosley: “A life for the environment’ Radio Interview, ABC National 10 May 2017

Breaking the spirit of the wild | Nick Sawyer, Talking Point in the Mercury, March 11th 2015

New Life for Pedder Looms Large. Bob Brown, Talking Point in The Mercury, April 26th 2014

Lloyd Jones “Everest”, M.Keane, The Balloonist, June 14th 2013

‘Dammed if we don’t’ Nick Cater, The Australia, February 15th 2013.

‘Can Lake Pedder Resurface?‘ Ian Anderson, News Science, September 1994.

Lake Pedder and Franklin River Environmental Issues-Historical Summary

‘On the beach of other mens country’ Essay by Chris Viney

10 Reasons to Restore Laker Pedder by Bob Brown

Miles Ago – article of memorable quotes

Free speech green light by Bruce Montgomery | The Australian, 17 May 1995