David Wroe
David Wroe is the defence correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in Canberra.
Tasmania mining talks collapse
David Wroe Tasmania's Tarkine wilderness is set for a Franklin Dam-style showdown after talks between green groups and unions over disputed mining projects collapsed yesterday.
Greens on mission to save iconic sites
David Wroe Christine Milne has said the mining boom amounts to 'liquidating the environment'.
Super trawler caught in legal net
David Wroe The controversial Abel Tasman super trawler faces a two-year ban on fishing in Australian waters under planned changes to environmental law that have been hailed by recreational fishers but will cost...
Trawler stoush hooks Ludwig
Lenore Taylor, David Wroe Two disaffected members of the fisheries management committee that paved the way for the supertrawler Margiris to come to Australia wrote to Fisheries Minister Senator Joe Ludwig in June pleading...
Netherlands raises trawler ban with EU
David Wroe The Dutch government has raised its concerns about the last-minute ban on the controversial Abel Tasman supertrawler with the European Union, potentially inflaming the international backlash against...
Trawler firm takes legal path, facing loss from ban
David Wroe, Lenore Taylor THE Australian operator of the controversial super trawler facing a two-year ban by the federal government has given the strongest indication yet it will take legal action, insisting it will not...
Risks of net gain
David Wroe, Nicky Phillips and Ben Cubby What makes the issue of a super trawler in our waters a powerful one is that - like coal-seam gas - it brings together groups that have traditionally been at odds with one another - in this case,...
Super trawler ban may go to court
David Wroe and Lenore Taylor The Australian operator of the controversial super trawler facing a two-year ban by the federal government has given the strongest indication yet that it will take legal action.
Allowing supertrawler chief at meeting legal: fishing agency
David Wroe Australia's fisheries authority has hit back at an ombudsman's finding that it broke the law by failing to exclude the supertrawler operator from an advisers' meeting in which fish quota decisions...
Undersea kelp beds listed as endangered
David Wroe They are the mighty rainforests of the ocean, towering up to 25 metres from the seabed. And as with many forests on land, the giant kelp jungles in the waters off southeast Australia are threatened...
