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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Without scientists, Antarctic infrastructure is meaningless

27 April, 2020 - Today's Federal announcement of the Antarctic Science Strategic Plan continues the Government's blind approach to Antarctic science funding thr...

ARC funding leaves Tasmania out in the cold

21 April, 2020 - Tasmanian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson and Greens' spokesperson for science, research and innovation, Senator Janet Rice comment on today’s ARC a...

Greens to move in Senate to make stimulus fairer & bigger

12 March, 2020 - The stimulus package outlined by the Prime Minister this morning falls far short of what the experts say is needed to weather the economic stor...

Today's rate cut lays the foundation for a Green New Deal: Whish-Wilson, Bandt

3 March, 2020 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, and leader, Adam Bandt MP, called on the government to respond to today’s interest rat...

Greens use the Parliament to press for justice for Julian Assange

25 February, 2020 - Greens MPs have used the Federal Parliament to demand justice for Julian Assange, as his extradition hearing begins in London. In the House ...

MYEFO: Do nothing government dreaming of ever higher house prices

16 December, 2019 - Greens’ Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded today to the release of the Mid-Year Economic Forecast and Outlook (MYE...

Approval of King Island oil and gas exploration is madness

16 May, 2019 - Tasmanian Greens Senators Peter Whish-Wilson and Nick McKim have expressed dismay at NOPSEMA's approval of oil and gas exploration in the Otway B...

More oil and gas will fuel the climate emergency

29 April, 2019 - Greens Senators Richard Di Natale, Nick McKim and Peter Whish-Wilson will today join Tasmanian surfers in calling for a ban on oil and gas expl...

Greens urge Federal Government to stay out of Great Barrier Reef shark control

5 April, 2019 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has urged the Federal Government not to intervene in Queensland’s Shark Control ...

Federal Budget a cynical mess: Greens

2 April, 2019 - This budget is a cynical attempt to buy votes instead of planning for the nation’s looming challenges. What we needed was a plan to tackle the c...

Lethal shark culling to end in Great Barrier Reef

2 April, 2019 - Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today praised the order from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal which will see an end ...

$324 billion reasons the PRRT is a joke

1 April, 2019 - Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today commented on new tax statistics released by the ATO revealing tax credits to oil and ga...