Premier should apologise: Brown

The outrageous claims by Premier Lara Giddings that environmentalists had been involved in spiking trees in Tasmania should be withdrawn with a clear apology, Greens Leader Bob Brown said in Hobart tonight.

"The environmental movement in Tasmania has been notable for its peaceful protests.

"The Premier's slander is unbecoming of her office as such a lie has no place in debating Tasmania's future," Senator Brown said.