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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Pressure builds for PM to help free Captain Paul Watson

30 August, 2024 - The Prime Minister has been implored to use diplomatic channels in any way possible to help free Captain Paul Watson, in a letter signed by th...

Will Labor listen to its own Threatened Species Scientific Committee or toxic salmon companies?

16 August, 2024 - The Albanese government must heed new advice from its own Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) and remove salmon farming from Macqua...

Maugean skate needs habitat as well as 'hope'

13 August, 2024 - The Greens have welcomed news of the first captively-bred Maugean skate, but reiterated governments must do more to protect the skate in ...

Labor's grotesque celebrations won't change the fact the Reef is in danger

26 July, 2024 - The 46th session of the Unesco World Heritage Committee in New Delhi has overnight decided not to declare the Great Barrier Reef be placed on a ...

Send back the super trawler

16 July, 2024 - The Greens have condemned the federal government for greenlighting the return of a foreign-owned industrial super trawler to operate off the coa...

Great Barrier Reef decision a triumph of spin over science

25 June, 2024 - A Unesco recommendation not to declare the Great Barrier Reef be placed on a list of World Heritage sites “in danger” is a triumph of lobbying a...

Media release: Julian Assange to return home after plea deal

25 June, 2024 - In breaking news this morning, Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department of Justice which means he can walk from h...

Second Esso/ExxonMobil gas rupture exposed

6 June, 2024 - A second rupture from an offshore Esso/ExxonMobil rig has caused toxic gas condensate to spew into the ocean.  The revelations come follo...

Second Esso/ExxonMobil gas rupture exposed

6 June, 2024 - A second rupture from an offshore Esso/ExxonMobil rig has caused toxic gas condensate to spew into the ocean.  The revelations come follo...

Nets out of Queensland now

4 June, 2024 - The Greens are again calling on the Queensland government for an urgent review of the state’s system of shark nets and drum lines, after a humpba...

Greens Biosecurity Bill position

15 May, 2024 - The Greens have formally announced opposition to the government’s proposed Biosecurity Protection Levy. Quotes attributable to Greens spokespe...