Andrew Wilkie, the independent MP for the Tasmanian seat of Clark is also against the government attempting to rush through the amendments to the environmental protection act, which will allow the salmon farming industry to bypass environmental laws and continue farming in Macquarie Harbour – which all the science and research says will lead to the extinction of the Maugean Skate – a literal dinosaur fish.

But these laws are not only limited to Macquarie Harbour. They could apply anywhere. And to any nature-destroying industry.