Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown, speaking in Hobart today, launches a report into the jobs potential of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA), along with the report's authors Naomi Edwards and Jamie Hanson. 

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown today launched an analysis of Tasmania's economic potential which finds 3000 jobs could be created from the $120 million fund promised in the intergovernmental forest agreement.

"This fund has the potential to create more than 3000 jobs in regional areas which would largely replace the 3500 jobs lost from forestry since 2008," Senator Brown said.

"But this money will only flow if there is a strong conservation legislative outcome by June this year.

The Prime Minister is aping Forestry Tasmania's lines on the breach of her August commitment to immediately protect Tasmania's high conservation value forests, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.

Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown speaks to the media about the Japanese whaling vessel entering Australian waters and World Heritage area and calls on the government to send a naval vessel to the area. He also talks about his suspension of regular talks with the Prime Minister in response to the dishonouring of the Tasmanian forests agreement which was supposed to immediately protect 430,000ha of high conservation value forest but instead has seen logging continue.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown and Deputy Leader Christine Milne spoke to reporters in Hobart today amid the growing international furore over Malaysian logging company Ta Ann's destruction of Tasmania's native forests.

Senators Brown and Milne also answered questions about the onshore processing of asylum seekers, calling for the Australian government to adhere to international legal obligations.

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Environmentalists who have today set up a tree sit on the slopes of Mt Mueller, near Maydena, are understandably frustrated by inaction on the intergovernmental agreement that was supposed to protect Tasmania's forests, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.

While the Gillard Labor government continues to short-change Tasmania, both the Australian Greens' leader and deputy leader are Tasmanian.

"Nationwide, Australians can look forward to continued effective representation by the Greens whether it's seeking a fairer tax burden for big corporations to fund health, education, public transport or clean energy technologies and national dental health care," Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said in Hobart today.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown spoke to reporters in Hobart on Saturday about the climate talks in Durban, the clear-felling of the intergovernmental agreement that was meant to protect Tasmania's grand forests, Sea Shepherd, and tourism in Tasmania.