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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Cost of top end tax cuts surges past a quarter of a trillion dollars

20 October, 2022 - Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ revelations that the cost of the Stage 3 tax cuts for CEOs, politicians and billionaires has surged over a quarter of...

More questions than answers on Marinus

19 October, 2022 - Today’s announcement on Marinus Link raises far more questions than answers on what was already a dubious project, the Greens say. Comments f...

Senate Estimates

28 September, 2022 - The Greens understand that the Senate will today support our motion requiring Reserve Bank governor Dr Philip Lowe to appear at Senate Esti...

RBA again fails to acknowledge record high corporate profits

8 September, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the RBA Governor, Philip Lowe’s, speech today in which he again failed to...

It's time for Lowe to go

6 September, 2022 - Philip Lowe should resign as Governor of the Reserve Bank for misleading Australians about interest rate rises, the Greens say. “Dr Lowe ind...

We need a Mining Super Profits Tax, not record dividends

16 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the announcement by BHP that it will pay a record dividend by calling for a...

Greens welcome ACTU’s call for Stage Three tax cuts to be repealed

10 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the ACTU’s paper to the Government Jobs Summit saying the pressure is growi...

Time to stop tax dodging millionaires and gas giants

9 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the release of the latest taxation statistics by the ATO. “The fact that 60 ...

Significant win for tax transparency

4 August, 2022 - Australia’s tax transparency laws have been significantly strengthened, with the Government supporting Greens amendments to lower the reporting...

RBA is prescribing the wrong medicine

2 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to today’s decision by the RBA to increase interest rates. “The RBA is smashing...

RBA needs to hit pause on rate rises

1 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the news of steep falls in house prices ahead of tomorrow’s RBA meeting. “Th...

Corporations should be bracing for a Super Profits Tax

28 July, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the Treasurer's Ministerial Statement on the Economy. “The Treasurer has just...