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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Greens to move motion calling for Royal Commission into the Financial Sector

8 April, 2016 - When the Senate resumes the week commencing 18 April the Greens will again move a motion calling for the establishment of a Royal Commission int...

Shorten must walk the talk on local steel and oppose the TPP

8 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens' trade spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on the Labor Party to commit to opposing the Trans-Pacific P...

Turnbull’s new tax plan is terrible for Tasmania

30 March, 2016 - Greens Finance spokesperson and Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Prime Minister’s latest though...

Senate urges Government to act on Veterans' suicide rates

17 March, 2016 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens Defence and Veterans’ Affairs spokesperson, welcomed the release today of the Senate Foreign Affairs Defence...

Forestry Managed Investment Schemes: $4 Billion more reasons for a Royal Commission

11 March, 2016 - The Senate Economics Committee has today released its report into the collapse of forestry MIS in Australia, detailing the rise and fall of a $...

CommInsure scandal reinforces need for an urgent Royal Commission

8 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today reiterated their call for a Royal Commission into the financial services sector and the culture generated withi...

Greens welcome Launceston Macquarie House Innovation Hub funding. Three years in the making

5 March, 2016 - Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson comments on the Greens delivering $3 million in federal funding to set up the Launceston Macquarie House Innov...

Defence cash splash obliterates future budget surpluses

26 February, 2016 - Greens Defence and Finance Spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has released analysis from the Parliamentary Library showing that the n...

Andrew Nikolic: Wrong on most things. Right on one thing. 12 submarines is a “Rudd Pluck”

25 February, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Defence Senator Peter Whish-Wilson provides the following comments on the reports Australia has locked in the acquis...

Defence White Paper: From a budget emergency to South China Seas emergency?

25 February, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Defence Peter Whish-Wilson provides the following comments on today’s announcement that Australia is joining and con...

More money for military hardware despite no change to threat level

24 February, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson said, "Reports today about the Defence White Paper suggest that the paper will indicate that the threat level to Austra...

No more excuses. Time for the Geelong Star to go.

17 February, 2016 - With the Geelong Star catching more seals and now also an endangered whale shark, Greens Fisheries spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson,...