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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Government's bill a waste without plastics and packaging reform

9 October, 2020 - Due for Senate debate this week, the Government's Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill has now been delayed until at least November. This allows...

Meeting of Environment Ministers must review lethal shark measures

9 October, 2020 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson calls on the upcoming Meeting of Environment Ministers to review lethal shark mitigation measures as a priority age...

Minister Ley must commit to a recovery plan as Maugean Skate risks extinction

8 October, 2020 - A study released today by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies reveals a decline in numbers of endemic Tasmanian species the Maugean...

Leave science to the scientists: Guy Barnett must release bushfire information

10 September, 2020 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has called on Tasmanian Minister for Resources Guy Barnett to not withhold critical information needed for bushf...

What Tasmania tells the world about threatened species

7 September, 2020 - On National Threatened Species Day, Senator Whish-Wilson and Rosalie Woodruff MP highlight proposed EPBC law changes and the implications th...

Paid pandemic leave a step in the right direction but needs to go further for all Tasmanians

26 August, 2020 - Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today welcomes the announcement from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that paid pandemic leave will b...

Environment minister should not put marginal mining project ahead of Tasmanian interests

20 August, 2020 - Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today calls on the federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley not to weaken environmental conditions ...

Fishing industry sidelined while seismic testing continues unabated

12 August, 2020 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today comments on an inquiry hearing in which Tasmanian and Victorian fisherme...

Big businesses that receive JobKeeper and pay out dividends should be cut loose and made to repay funds

11 August, 2020 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has called for big companies that are paying out dividends from their profits or buyin...

Paid pandemic leave desperately needed with 59,000 Tasmanians without leave entitlements

6 August, 2020 - Tasmanian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has called for Tasmania to be included in the Federal Government's Paid Pandemic Leave scheme, with ABS da...

New seismic testing research has damning results

4 August, 2020 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says damning new research into the harmful impacts of seismic testing will be r...

Protected species in shark nets, NSW data reveals

31 July, 2020 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, comments on data released today revealing high numbers of threatened and protect...