While bushwalking in Tasmania during his summer break, Senator Bob Brown today said: "I have always vociferously opposed the Three Capes Walk proposal from the Tasmania and federal governments."

"If Barry Prismall of The Examiner doesn't know the difference between a consultant's report and political opinion, after years working for the Liberal party, he should.

"Tasmania's 1,700 km of walking tracks are disgracefully under-funded and the Commonwealth should be putting $30 million in there for a much better economic return."