Right now, Chinese mining company MMG is attempting to construct a huge heavy metal waste dump in the middle of the takayna/Tarkine Rainforest: the nation's largest surviving temperate forest of its kind.
This means acid-producing tailings from the nearby Rosebery mine will be poured into a dam that requires the clearing of 285-hectares of the pristine ancient rainforest that's home to dozens of endangered species.
The company is taking this option, which involves extensive environmental destruction, not because its necessitated, but as it's the cheapest option.
With the Morrison government, including key enemy of nature federal environment minister Sussan Ley, agreeing that short-term savings outweigh the future of the planet.
