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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Turnbull Government protects Japanese whalers instead of whales

3 May, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that the Turnbull Government is doing more to protect the Japanese whalers from ...

Greens Infrastructure Financing Policy: Borrow big now to invest in projects large AND small

29 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today launched their policy to establish the Australian Infrastructure Bank on the back of a comprehensive Senate In...

Last minute to midnight resolution for CSIRO climate scientists still equals cuts and uncertainty

27 April, 2016 - Chairman of the Senate Select Committee into the Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures, and Greens Senator for Tasmania, Senator Peter Whish-W...

CSIRO management to be grilled on final job cuts

26 April, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania and Chair of the Senate Select Committee into the Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures, Senator Peter Whish-Wilso...

ASIC announcement an admission of 3 wasted years under the Liberals

20 April, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Finance, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says the last minute rush to fix financial regulation is an admission by the Gover...

Senate Inquiry report calls on state and federal government(s) to act on scourge of marine plastics

20 April, 2016 - Today the Senate Environment and Communications Committee has released a landmark report into the causes and impacts of marine plastic pollutio...

Greens 18 point plan to combat tax avoidance

15 April, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Finance, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today has released the most comprehensive policy platform put forward in Australia...

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 $...