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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Plibersek must act now to save skate

30 November, 2023 - Today's announcement by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek that the future of fish farming in Macquarie Harbour needs to be r...

Greens call on the South Australian Government to urgently subsidise proven shark deterrent devices

13 November, 2023 - The Greens call on all levels of government, especially the South Australian Government, to do more to help ocean goers reduce the risk of r...

Labor abandons environmental agenda in favour for Sea Dumping Bill

8 November, 2023 - The Greens condemn Labor for abandoning its environmental agenda and prioritising the Sea Dumping Amendment Bill – legislation specifically d...

Sea Dumping Bill exposes state capture at its finest

6 November, 2023 - The Greens condemn Labor and the Coalition for shamefully declaring their intention to pass the Sea Dumping Amendment Bill. This legislati...

Long-awaited marine invasive species Senate inquiry report released

3 November, 2023 - The Greens call for the Albanese Government to urgently consider and implement recommendations handed down today in a Senate inquiry rep...

Salmon farming expansion decision under review

24 October, 2023 - A 2012 decision to expand salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour is currently under review by the federal environment department.  Under...

Greens implore Labor to heed groundbreaking Southern Ocean report and fund Antarctic science over fossil fuels

18 October, 2023 - The Greens implore Labor to heed a groundbreaking Southern Ocean report and fund Antarctic science over fossil fuels. More than 200 scient...

Peter Whish-Wilson

13 October, 2023 - It took a newly elected Labor Government a matter of mere weeks to dispel hope that its rhetoric on climate action might actually be matched ...

Senate inquiry exposes Australian Antarctic Division in turmoil

5 October, 2023 - Senate inquiry hearings into Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) funding mismanagement have exposed the Division is in turmoil. A staggerin...

AAD Senate inquiry hearings commence in Hobart

3 October, 2023 - Antarctic scientists will tomorrow provide evidence to a Senate inquiry hearing into the current mismanagement of funding of the Australian An...

Government has five months to act on climate or risk Great Barrier Reef in danger listing

14 September, 2023 - The Albanese Government has until February 2024 to demonstrate drastically stronger climate ambition, or else risk the Great Barrier Reef b...

Plibersek ignores conservation advice on Maugean skate

7 September, 2023 - Minister Plibersek has ignored her own department’s conservation advice and is failing to show the strong political leadership necessar...