Who Killed Brenda Heane?
A new film was released on Friday that attempts to solve a 35 year old activist murder mystery. Whatever Happened to Brenda Hean? investigates the disappearance of leading Tasmanian conservationist, Brenda Hean and pilot Max Price, in 1972. The two had embarked on an 11th-hour mission to Canberra to stop the damming of Lake Pedder in South-West Tasmania. The World War II vintage Tiger Moth they were travelling in vanished without a trace. The official reports painted the disappearance as a tragic accident, however the film uncovers bungled investigations, death threats and the absence of a full inquiry. Brenda Hean was one of the leading environmental campaigners of the early 1970s and a founder of the first environmental political party in the world.