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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Greens call on Plibersek to act on global leadership in oceans protection promise

28 August, 2022 - The Greens have called on Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to take a leading role in convening an emergency meeting with UN member states ...

Public confidence in Australia’s environment laws undermined by Tasmanian and federal bureaucrats

25 August, 2022 - Public confidence in Australia’s environment laws has been undermined by disturbing reports of Tasmanian and federal bureaucrats politicising ...

Greens urge Labor to recommit opposition to PEP-11

15 August, 2022 - The Greens urge Labor to publicly recommit its opposition to PEP-11 after revelations of the former PM’s extraordinary intervention to kill th...

Great Barrier Reef survival = no more oil and gas

4 August, 2022 - The Greens welcome reports of record coral recovery on parts of the Great Barrier Reef but warn the Government not to jeopardise its survival b...

Whish-Wilson gains highest Greens Senate result across Australia

16 June, 2022 - Today it is finally official: lutruwita/Tasmania’s federal election preferences have been formally distributed and Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wi...

Fisheries buyout from climate change indictment on federal government

17 May, 2022 - In an unprecedented intervention by the federal government fisheries permits will be bought-out for the first time in Australia’s history because...

Greens plan to save our Tassie devil

14 May, 2022 - The Greens have outlined a plan to save the Tasmanian devil and called on the Liberals and Labor to adopt the comprehensive measures required to ...

Greens pledge an Active Transport Network for nipaluna/Hobart

13 May, 2022 - Nipaluna/Hobart will be at the centre of an exciting national trial to roll out more bicycle infrastructure under an $18m fully-costed plan launc...

Kick Morrison out to save the Reef

11 May, 2022 - The Greens say confirmation in the Reef Snapshot: Summer 2021-22 of the sixth mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef lays bare the Morris...

Greens call on Government to rule out explosives in fish farm trial

9 May, 2022 - The Greens have called on the Morrison Government to intervene and rule out using explosives on protected seals during its three-year trial of fis...

Greens launch plan to protect lutruwita/Tasmania’s forests

6 May, 2022 - Under the Greens plan the Federal Government would pay the Tasmanian Government to end native forest logging. The payment reflects the carbon valu...

Greens launch plan to protect lutruwita/Tasmania’s forests

6 May, 2022 - The Greens have today launched a plan to protect lutruwita/Tasmania’s forests for future generations and for a safe climate, all while ensuring ne...