How the fight to save Tasmania's Lake Pedder led to the world's first green party

A rowdy meeting in Hobart 50 years ago was the start of an organised effort to push for a spotlight on environmental issuesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFifty years ago, at a rowdy meeting at the Hobart town hall, the world's first "green" party was formed.While the word Green was not officially used, and it would take some time for the United Tasmania Group to be formally registered as a political party, it was the beginning of an organised effort to use the political system to push for a spotlight on environmental issues. Continue reading...