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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Greens plan to overhaul vicious cycle of waste

15 October, 2024 - The Greens have today announced a plan for a National Repairability Star Rating label system to overhaul the vicious cycle of production and ...

Peter Whish-Wilson

4 October, 2024 - The fourth mass global coral bleaching event was declared, with reefs the world over recording catastrophic impacts following sustained sea temperatures.

Community win: monster seismic blasting proposal withdrawn!

26 September, 2024 - One of the largest seismic blasting proposals ever in Australian history has been withdrawn by proponent TGS following immense community pr...

Offshore fossil fuel facility spills yet again

23 September, 2024 - Up to 21,000 litres of diesel has spilled into the ocean from an Esso/ExxonMobil fossil fuel facility in the Bass Strait, with the offshore...

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...