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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Greens welcome Federal Court decision on Tamil Family

16 February, 2021 - The Greens have welcomed the decision of the Federal Court that Biloela's Tamil family was denied procedural fairness, calling for them to b...

Greens grand slam plan to honour Margaret Court

22 January, 2021 - The Greens have slammed reports that one of Australia’s most high profile racists and bigots will receive an Australia Day honour, calling it...

Morrison has no power on gas prices - but he could help Australians with energy bills

22 January, 2021 - The Greens have attacked the Prime Minister’s attempted spin on domestic gas reservation, pointing out that it will have no impact on Austral...

Release of refugees from hotel detention a belated humanitarian step

20 January, 2021 -   The overdue release of dozens of refugees from immigration detention is a very welcome glimmer of humanity in Australia’s refugee policy, ...

Government abandons Banking Royal Commission recommendations

19 January, 2021 - The government’s delay or abandonment of most of the recommendations from the Banking Royal Commission is a commitment to the hands off appro...

Failure of Chevron's Gorgon Project shows carbon capture is an expensive myth

16 January, 2021 - The failure of Chevron’s Gorgon carbon capture and storage project is a symbol of the total failure of the CCS industry, the Greens have said...

Coalition and Labor light the fuse on Beetaloo gas bomb

14 January, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Liberals and Labor for today throwing $217 million in road funding to enable the Beetaloo Basin gas project, sayi...

Craig Kelly should be booted off his cushy $23k committee role

13 January, 2021 - The Greens have called upon the Prime Minister to boot Craig Kelly from his role chairing a parliamentary committee, following weeks of disin...

Decades of manufacturing decline limits vaccine options, publicly-owned vaccine manufacturer could save lives

13 January, 2021 - The Greens say that decades of decline in Australian manufacturing puts the nation at risk of having fewer options when it comes to Covid-19 ...

Statement on Michael McCormack

12 January, 2021 - “McCormack's actions over the last two days are an attempt to take Australia down the dangerous path of post-truth politics.  “The facts are ...

Future Fund must divest from Adani

16 December, 2020 - The Future Fund must divest the $3 million it has put into a railway for the climate-destroying Adani coal mine, the Greens say. Greens Econ...

Anti-money laundering laws

10 December, 2020 - The Government and Labor have again wasted an opportunity to include real estate agents, accountants and lawyers subject to mandatory report...