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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Australian Antarctic Division cuts an attack on science

28 July, 2023 - The Greens have slammed the Albanese Government’s decision to cut $25 million from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) as an attack on ...

Greens respond to scathing APVMA review

14 July, 2023 - The Greens have responded to a scathing independent review of the embattled government agency responsible for the regulation of agricultural and...

Is Labor up to the task of its Zero Extinction pledge?

29 June, 2023 - Minister Plibersek must show the strong political leadership necessary to uphold her own Zero Extinctions pledge and save the Tasmanian Maugean ...

Climate action, not virtue signalling, will help protect Great Barrier Reef

7 June, 2023 - No amount of Minister Plibersek’s “formal commitments” to protect the Great Barrier Reef will provide cover from the impacts of new fossil fuel p...

Government finally acting on plastic packaging pollution

25 May, 2023 - National packaging and waste reduction targets designed to increase recycling, help build a circular economy and minimise plastic pollution are l...

pilitika/Robbins Island wind farm must be abandoned

25 May, 2023 - The Greens have again called for the pilitika/Robbins Island wind farm project to be abandoned due to its numerous environmental red flags. This ...

Salmon farming risk to Tanya Plibersek's zero extinction pledge

24 May, 2023 - The federal Environment Department has identified* the salmon farming industry as a clear threat to the endangered Maugean skate and the federal ...

Plastic export ban backflip exposes government failure to hold big polluters to account

18 May, 2023 - The Greens again call on the Albanese Government to hold the big polluters to account and regulate Australia’s plastic packaging industry.&n...

APCO finally comes clean on waste reduction targets

20 April, 2023 - The Greens are calling for the Albanese Government to immediately mandate waste reduction targets following a report out today revealing Austra...

Federal funding key to tackling invasive sea urchin

6 March, 2023 - The Tasmanian Government’s allocation of an additional $5.1 million to the Abalone Industry Reinvestment Fund is welcome, but must now be backed...

Vote a strong message on the need to do more to protect devils from becoming roadkill

16 February, 2023 - The Greens commend the Circular Head Council for voting to reduce the Woolnorth Road speed limit from 100 km to 80 km to help protect the Ta...