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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Time to invest in remote area firefighting

15 September, 2017 - With climate change driving increased fire risk in Australia, the Commonwealth should investigate a national remote area firefighting capac...

Senate agrees to strike out Dutton's hateful Citizenship Bill

13 September, 2017 - The Senate has agreed to strike Peter Dutton's divisive Citizenship Bill from the Senate Notice Paper if it has not been voted on within fo...

Senate agrees to strike out Dutton's hateful Citizenship Bill

13 September, 2017 - The Senate has agreed to strike Peter Dutton's divisive Citizenship Bill from the Senate Notice Paper if it has not been voted on within fo...

Liberals, Labor & Lambie turn back on Aboriginal cultural heritage

12 September, 2017 - The Liberals, Labor and Jacqui Lambie have voted down a Greens motion to defend the priceless Aboriginal cultural heritage in the takayna/T...

Liberals, Labor & Lambie turn back on Aboriginal cultural heritage

12 September, 2017 - The Liberals, Labor and Jacqui Lambie have voted down a Greens motion to defend the priceless Aboriginal cultural heritage in the takayna/T...

Manus settlement can’t compensate for Dutton’s harm

6 September, 2017 - No amount of money can compensate for the harm that has been done and is still being done to Australia’s political prisoners on Manus Island...

Manus settlement can’t compensate for Dutton’s harm

6 September, 2017 - No amount of money can compensate for the harm that has been done and is still being done to Australia’s political prisoners on Manus Island...

A tale of two ideologies

30 August, 2017 - It’s been an odd day today... one that really goes to the question of what sort of society we want to live in. It’s to do with drugs, and how ...

National discussion needed on Australia Day

29 August, 2017 - “Australia has never undertaken a serious national discussion that would enable us - and our governments - to acknowledge the history of what ...

Lifeline for 10 should be celebrated

28 August, 2017 - The Australian Greens welcome the CBS acquisition of Network 10 and are warning the Government against blocking the purchase. “CBS buying Netw...

McGowan Government should stand up to drug testing trial in Mandurah: Greens

27 August, 2017 - Premier Mark McGowan should follow in the footsteps of the Labor Victorian Government and refuse to cooperate with the Turnbull Government's p...

PNG decision means Dutton's prisoners must be freed

26 August, 2017 - Papua New Guinea's refusal to allow the men Peter Dutton is imprisoning on Manus Island to be abandoned means the government must bring them h...