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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

ASIO head deserves better than attacks from Liberal backbenchers

17 December, 2015 - The head of ASIO deserves better than criticism from ill-informed Liberal backbenchers, Greens spokesperson for Legal Affairs Nick McKim say...

Tasmania Short-Changed By MYEFO

17 December, 2015 - Tasmania has been left completely short-changed by the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, with $46 million ripped out of the state and no...

Further Delays in Gonski Disability Funding Not Good Enough

15 December, 2015 - More delays in disability support funding for schools are deeply disappointing, Greens Schools spokesperson Nick McKim says. “The Liberal Go...

Declared Dangerous Criminal Laws Should Follow Rules of Natural Justice

11 December, 2015 - The Government needs to put a greater focus on deradicalisation both in and out of prison, Greens legal affairs spokesperson Nick McKim says...

Small businesses can remind Scott Morrison of the need for an effects test

11 December, 2015 - The release of a discussion paper on misuse of market power is another chance for Australian businesses to remind Scott Morrison of the obvi...

Innovation Statement welcome, but not enough to replace massive research cuts

7 December, 2015 - The Greens broadly welcome the Turnbull Government’s Innovation Statement, however it does not repair the huge damage done to the science and...

Citizenship Bill Third Reading Speech

4 December, 2015 - Violent extremism is a global problem, and it demands global cooperation to resolve. What it does not need is unilateralism, and this bill is...

Citizenship changes will not make Australians safer

1 December, 2015 - The imminent passage of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 will do nothing to protect Australians from ...

Citizenship Laws Should Be Scrapped, Not Amended

26 November, 2015 - The Government’s confirmation that its flawed Citizenship Bill will be amended yet again is another argument against its passage through Par...

Government Squibs it on the Effects Test

24 November, 2015 - The Federal Government’s decision to squib the introduction of an effects test is disappointing but not surprising, Greens spokesperson for ...

Time for Hodgman and Turnbull to Accept Umpire’s Call on World Heritage Logging

24 November, 2015 - The arrival of the United Nations Reactive Monitoring Mission in Tasmania puts the onus on Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt to reject ...

Discrimination in the community will not end until we stamp out discrimination in the law

12 November, 2015 - Senator Nick McKim spoke in Parliament this morning about the case of a young Tasmanian man who faced a traumatic and discriminatory ordeal ...