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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Labor should not do dirty deal with Liberals at PRRT crossroad

26 May, 2023 - Following reports today that the Liberals are seeking to facilitate gas expansion in return for supporting Labor’s pathetic PRRT changes, the Gre...

Cradle Mountain Cableway

22 May, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed news revealed in Senate Estimates that the Commonwealth has withdrawn federal funding for the Cradle Valley Cableway. ...

A budget that breaks promises and the bank for migrants

10 May, 2023 - Labor’s second budget lacks humanity and compassion for migrants and abjectly fails to respond to the urgent challenges in Australia’s immigratio...

Labor’s budget keeps people in poverty, while the wealthy and big corporations win big

9 May, 2023 - Labor’s second Budget is a betrayal of the people promised that no one would be left behind. It makes bad choices that put a surplus ahead of supp...

Labor’s PRRT changes are less than the bare minimum

8 May, 2023 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to Labor’s proposed changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT). “Labor’s...

Gas giants still PRRTying while the planet burns

5 May, 2023 - The Greens have responded to reports that the government’s planned changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax will increase revenue by only $3B ov...

Jim Chalmers needs to step in and overrule out of control RBA

2 May, 2023 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Senator Nick McKim responded to the RBA’s decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at today’s board meetin...

Greens to fight to keep government interest rate power

21 April, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Treasury spokesperson Senator Nick McKim have said the Greens will fight the proposal to remove the Treasurer’s po...

Inflation figures show there is no need for more rate rises

29 March, 2023 - Falling inflation shows the Reserve Bank has no justification to again raise interest rates next week, Greens Economic Justice spokesperson Sen...

Bankers donate their way out of fines

8 March, 2023 - The Government’s decision to drop provisions for million dollar fines for bankers who cheat their customers shows the major banks have bought a ...

Labor abandons refugees in Nauru and PNG

8 March, 2023 - The Greens have condemned the Labor Party for betraying refugees and people seeking asylum trapped in Nauru and PNG, after voting against the Gr...