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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Joint Strike Fighter Inquiry establishment a victory for democracy over special interests

2 December, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Defence, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomes the support of the Senate to establish an Inquiry into Australia’s proc...

Senate puts ice on government’s ideological super attack

2 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP welcomed the crossbench Senators putting the ice on the government’s ideological attack on super t...

Japan's whalers leave for hunt tomorrow and the Australian Government has no answers

30 November, 2015 - Just as the Australian Government was struggling in the Senate to answer basic questions about what they will do to prevent Japan undertakin...

Japan’s decision to recommence whaling is caused by Australian government weakness

28 November, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson is calling on the Australian Government to immediately condemn Japan for their d...

Greens secure Inquiry into white-collar crime penalties

25 November, 2015 - The Senate has voted to support a Greens motion to establish a Senate Inquiry into penalties for white-collar crime. Greens spokesperson for...

Senate fails to reinstate night-fishing ban on ‘super trawler” Geelong Star by a single vote

25 November, 2015 - This evening the Senate failed to disallow regulations that had lifted a ban on night fishing by the factory-freezer vessel Geelong Star by ...

Greens boost oversight of foreign owned land, water

23 November, 2015 - The Greens have secured an Australian-first register of foreign owned water entitlements, in agreeing to support government legislation that...

Australia must end its deliberate silence on whaling when meeting with Japan

19 November, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, congratulates the Humane Society International for their successful legal actio...

Hearing into Veterans' mental health hosted at Homes for Heroes, Narrabeen

18 November, 2015 - Today Greens spokesperson for Veterans' Affairs, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson attended the fourth public hearing of the Senate Inquiry into Ve...

Greens will fight Government attempt to aid corporate tax avoidance

12 November, 2015 - The Australian Greens say Malcolm Turnbull has exposed his true colours by rejecting an Australian Greens amendment that would have increase...

Greens use government bill to repeal government bill

11 November, 2015 - The Senate has voted to repeal the Turnbull government's so-called "kidnap law," which passed only last month and exempted private companies...

Labor votes with the Liberals to bring ISDS to Australia via the China Free Trade Agreement

9 November, 2015 - This evening the Greens voted against the enabling legislation for the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), an agreement that expos...