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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Turnbull Government defending Abbott plan to stop community from enforcing environment law

21 October, 2015 - The Attorney-General last night in Senate Estimates confirmed the Turnbull Government was still pushing Abbott's plan to remove community rig...

Attorney-General George Brandis offers no evidence for draconian laws

14 October, 2015 - Attorney-General George Brandis has been unable to offer any evidence to support his proposed changes to Australia's so called anti-terrorism...

Nick McKim Invites Senator Richard Colbeck On A Wilderness World Heritage Tour

14 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim has offered Tourism Minister Richard Colbeck a guided tour of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Ar...

Control Orders On Children Will Not Make Us Safer

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Legal Affairs Senator Nick McKim says the Turnbull Government’s latest attack on civil rights will do noth...

Government Supports Greens Amendments on Small Business

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Small Business and Competition Senator Nick McKim has welcomed the Government’s support for Greens amendme...

Media Release: Government must drop undemocratic citizenship laws

8 October, 2015 - Australian Greens spokesperson for legal affairs Senator Nick McKim has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to show leadership and dump ...

Economic modelling shows coastal shipping laws will be a disaster for Tasmania

30 September, 2015 - Economic modelling by the Maritime Union of Australia has confirmed that hundreds of Tasmanian jobs will be lost if the Liberal Party’s cha...

Media Release: Nick McKim to push for an “I-20” at global conference in Korea

29 September, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania Nick McKim will today depart for Jeju, Korea to deliver the keynote address at a conference that wil...

Greens call on Turnbull to recall radicalisation booklet

25 September, 2015 - The Greens are calling on Malcolm Turnbull to recall and recycle the Radicalisation Awareness Kit that claims environmentalism is a pathway...

Media Release: ACCC confirms voluntary Grocery Code of Conduct isn’t working

24 September, 2015 - The ACCC’s confirmation of the inadequacy of the voluntary Grocery Code of Conduct (GCC)* shows the government needs to step in and make th...

Media Release: Tourism, International Education ministries present challenges and opportunities for Richard Colbeck

21 September, 2015 - Newly appointed Tourism and International Education Minister Richard Colbeck will need to embrace Tasmania’s wilderness values to be a succ...

About Nick McKim

18 September, 2015 - Tasmanian Senator Nick McKim is a passionate advocate for Tasmania’s people, environment and economy. He was first elected to the Tasmanian...