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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Asylum Seekers

14 September, 2016 - Senator McKIM My question is to the Attorney-General, representing the Prime Minister. Attorney, today Save the Children and UNICEF reveale...

Speech on Tasmanian football

14 September, 2016 - I am not sure how many other senators saw it, but the AFL women's All-Stars game on 3 September was a fantastic showcase of Australian Rule...

The staggering financial cost of Australia’s inhumanity

13 September, 2016 - A report from the Australian National Audit Office has revealed that it costs $573,000 per person per year to keep people in offshore deten...

Greens condemn Government’s response to Tasmanian RFA Review

12 September, 2016 - The Government’s response to the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement is an endorsement of the industry’s unsustainability and unviability, ...

Media Release: Senate Inquiry established into abuse in Australia’s detention centres

12 September, 2016 - The Greens and Labor have co-sponsored a motion to establish a Senate inquiry into the allegations of abuse and self-harm on Manus Island a...

Denial of medical care allegations demand urgent action

5 September, 2016 - Allegations that the Government has denied medical care to a family of asylum seekers, including a 12-year-old with a badly broken arm, are ...

Address-in-Reply – Nick McKim

2 September, 2016 - Senator McKIM Before I concluded my previous contribution on this, I was speaking about the fact that the government's so-called border prot...

Media Release: Wilson’s Evacuation Shows Offshore Detention Untenable

2 September, 2016 - Wilson Security’s decision to withdraw from Australian offshore detention centres shows that the Government’s mandatory detention regime is ...

Speech in Reply on Immigration and Section 18C

1 September, 2016 - Before I concluded my previous contribution on this, I was speaking about the fact that the government's so-called border protection regime ...

Media Release: Labor and Liberals vote down immigration detention Royal Commission

31 August, 2016 - Labor and the Coalition have voted together to reject a Royal Commission into Australia's detention centres including Manus Island and Nauru. ...

Greens move for Royal Commission into Australia’s detention regime

30 August, 2016 - The Greens have introduced a motion in the Senate calling on the Government to hold a Royal Commission into Australia’s immigration detention ...