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Shark nets don't make the ocean safe, especially for marine life

17 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has strongly criticised the Federal Environment Minister, Josh Frydenber...

Feds must intervene in Macquarie Harbour salmon farm regulation

16 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has used the latest EPA reporting on the state of Macquarie Harbour to w...

If someone else was Agriculture Minister would the backpacker tax have been fixed by now?

9 November, 2016 - Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens Treasury spokesperson, provides the following comments about the government’s ongoing backpacker tax saga. “Yester...

RIP Barnaby's backpacker tax

8 November, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, announces the Greens position on the Government’s backpacker tax Bill. Senator Whis...

Government’s problems with the backpacker tax are all of its own making

4 November, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following response to the government’s increasingly desperate attempts...