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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

US Congress committee to look at changing TPP – Greens call on Australian government to clarify

7 November, 2015 - The House ranking Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Sander Levin has begun a process to review the Trans Pacific...

TPP text finally released – after any opportunity to fix it is gone

6 November, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says now the text has finally been released stakeholders and the community will at...

Liberal confusion: Are the three federal Tasmanian MPs for a 15% GST?

4 November, 2015 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson said, “With the federal Liberal Government-driven GST reform campaign gaining pace, it is imp...

Greens: Increasing the GST will hurt Tasmanians

3 November, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Finance, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, said that raising the GST is regressive, unnecessary and its impact will fall he...

New icebreaker toy model welcome, but no more details on icebreaker tender forthcoming

29 October, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Fisheries, Whaling and Antarctica, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomes the unveiling of a toy icebreaker model by Pr...

Labor has caved into the government on ChAFTA: Greens

21 October, 2015 - Greens Trade spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson and Employment & Workplace Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said Labor has cav...

Big banks winners from government Financial System Inquiry response: Greens

20 October, 2015 - The Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt and Finance spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today said that the big banks are the big win...

13 statements from Greg Hunt, while in Opposition, about stopping Japanese Whaling

19 October, 2015 - 1.            ‘The slaughter of the great whales of the Southern Ocean is set to continue. Mr Garrett failed to deliver on any of the promise...

Japan’s exit from ICJ over whaling a slap in the face to Australia

19 October, 2015 - The Greens Spokesperson for Whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull should immediately call in the Japanese ...

JSCOT rubber stamp for ChAFTA another example of how the treaty making process is broken

19 October, 2015 - “Today, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) has rubber-stamped the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) without any ind...

Labor’s Migration Act amendments are no antidote to flawed ChAFTA agreement

13 October, 2015 - The Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that Labor’s proposed Migration Act amendments do not provide sufficient ...

Greens call on Government to refer Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) to Productivity Commission

7 October, 2015 - The Australian Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has written to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to request that he re...