Huon Valley

Peg is from Tasmania's Huon Valley, south of Hobart.A popular and effective Member of Parliament, so much so that she topped the poll in her electorate of Denison (a multi-member five-seat electorate) at the last State election.
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Huon Valley Environment Centre campaigns for Tasmania's threatened World Heritage value southern forests.

Peg is from Tasmania's Huon Valley, south of Hobart.She is a popular and effective Member of Parliament, so much so that at the last state election, her huge vote was only eclipsed by the then Premier Jim Bacon.Peg is the leader of the Tasmanian Parliamentary Greens in the House of Assembly Tasmania, and the Member for Denison.She first was elected to parliament in 1993.Peg has been a forests campaigner since 1978.Her portfolios are: Forestry, Treasury and Employment, Economic Development, Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, Aboriginal affairs, Women, Police, Mining.Peg has two children and a partner who works in the conservation movement.She was previously the Director of the Tasmanian Conservation Trust, and prior to this she was responsible for the establishment of the Threatened Species Network in Tasmania.