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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

TransCanada to sue US Government over Keystone decision putting global climate action at risk

26 June, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says the decision by TransCanada to sue the United States Government for $15 billion i...

Greens welcome UTAS funding announcement

24 June, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the UTAS funding announcement today. "The Greens ...

Peter Whish-Wilson's "Italian winter dish" - Baked Herbed Chicken and Cannellini Beans

24 June, 2016 - This week I took a few hours off the campaign trail to cook my “Italian winter dish” (Baked Herbed Chicken and Cannellini Beans) at the Northern...

Australia should stand with Clinton and reject the TPP

22 June, 2016 - Australian Greens spokesperson for trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has today welcomed Hillary Clinton’s call for the Trans-Pacific Partnershi...

Mountain Biking in Tasmania - Number 1 by 2030

20 June, 2016 - Mountain Biking in Tasmania—Number One by 2030  $6 million for adventure tourism in Tasmania  Tasmania is a unique environment and we want to s...

Greens release Trade policy

17 June, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Whish-Wilson, and spokesperson for Industrial Relations, Adam Bandt, will today release the Greens Trade ...

Greens propose establishment of Marine Plastics CRC in Hobart

10 June, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, have today announced that the Greens will be seeking to use their position in the new Parliamen...

Greg Hunt's wind stunt won't fool Tasmania

25 May, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson provides the following comments on Greg Hunt’s visit to Robbins Island to talk up wind farm prospects. “There have been ver...

Malcolm Turnbull disappoints in Tasmania yet again

20 May, 2016 - Launceston-based Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson makes the following comment on the Malcolm Turnbull visit to Launceston today. Senator Whish-W...

Government needs to come clean on talks about redrafting of TPP

19 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens’ spokesperson on trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, called on the federal government to ‘come clean’ about what was discuss...

Traders’ antics are no joke: we need a Royal Commission to get to the heart of the problem

18 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens finance spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, said today that the “ugly spectacle” of Westpac and ANZ traders joking ab...

John Church’s treatment is emblematic of CSIRO fiasco

15 May, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, and Chair of recent Senate Inquiry into CSIRO budget cuts, offers the following comments on redundancy notice issued...