Tasmanians will finally learn how the health of their environment is faring after the state government agreed to direct the Tasmanian Planning Commission to produce a State of the Environment (SOE) Report by June 2024.   Tasmania’s environment is nationally and internationally renowned, and is the reason tourism, agriculture and fishing businesses are thriving. However, the recent national State of the Environment report painted a dire picture of decimated kelp forests, fire seasons, freshwater pollution and habitat destruction but Tasmanians are mostly in the dark at the local level.  It has been thirteen years since the last Tasmanian SOE report was produced. The State Policies and Projects Act 1993 requires the Tasmanian…