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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Report reveals companies profiteering from torture

5 April, 2017 - Amnesty International's report on the profit-making of Broadspectrum from Australia's detention centres on Nauru is a warning to companies consi...

Turnbull must not send Hazara people back to Afghanistan

3 April, 2017 - The Australian Government must immediately rule out sending persecuted Hazara people back to Afghanistan, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick M...

18C retention a great win for multicultural Australia

31 March, 2017 - The Australian Greens congratulate multicultural Australia for uniting and standing strong to defend 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. "It ...

18C retention a great win for multicultural Australia

31 March, 2017 - The Australian Greens congratulate multicultural Australia for uniting and standing strong to defend 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. "It ...

Funding cuts to Community Legal Centres must be reversed

27 March, 2017 - The federal government must act immediately to restore funding it has stripped from community legal centres to ensure tens of thousands of peop...

Media Release: Multicultural Australia says leave 18C alone

27 March, 2017 - The Greens have hosted a roundtable with representatives of a number of multicultural communities who are concerned about the Government wateri...

Dutton must guarantee health services for Manus Island

4 March, 2017 - Immigration Minister Peter Dutton must immediately clarify the status of medical care available to people seeking asylum on Manus Island. "We ar...

Dutton must guarantee health services for Manus Island

4 March, 2017 - Immigration Minister Peter Dutton must immediately clarify the status of medical care available to people seeking asylum on Manus Island. "We ar...

Greens defend protections against hate speech

28 February, 2017 - The Greens will always defend protections against hate speech, and resist any weakening of the Racial Discrimination Act. Greens leader Dr R...

Greens defend protections against hate speech

28 February, 2017 - The Greens will always defend protections against hate speech, and resist any weakening of the Racial Discrimination Act. Greens leader Dr R...

Australian Border Force's use of coercive powers

27 February, 2017 - The government's improper management of Australian Border Force's statutory powers is squarely the fault of Immigration Minister Peter Dutto...

Australian Border Force's use of coercive powers

27 February, 2017 - The government's improper management of Australian Border Force's statutory powers is squarely the fault of Immigration Minister Peter Dutto...