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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

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...

RBA alumni exposes the Government’s negligence on infrastructure

12 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens finance spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today welcomed the call by former Reserve Bank Governor, Warwick McKibbin...

Cape Grim will send a message to the world on climate change

11 May, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson said, "Cape Grim is the world's sentinel for measuring the atmosphere's carbon dioxide levels. When Cape Grim records 400 pp...

Container Deposit Scheme is an inevitability for Tasmania

9 May, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson said that the decision by the NSW Government to adopt a container deposit scheme was a big win for community campaigners arou...

Greens welcome NSW Container Deposit Scheme decision and call on other states to follow

8 May, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Consumer Affairs, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson welcomes the news that NSW has followed in the footsteps of the South Austral...

Pontville secrecy must end

7 May, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Defence, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says the Defence department must stop insisting that the identity of the buyer of the ...

Final Budget of Abbott-Turnbull government lays bare the economic policy failures for Tasmania

4 May, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, says that last night’s Federal Budget is an admission of failure by the Liberals to deliver for T...

CSIRO cuts Senate Report: Australia must value the work of our climate scientists

3 May, 2016 - Chair of the Senate Select Committee into the Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures and Greens Senator for Tasmania, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, ...