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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Forestry sector needs reform, not expansion

14 April, 2022 - The Greens have called for an end to native forest logging in addition to plantation forestry reform following the Morrison Government’s announ...

Fossil fuel project threatens King Island

13 April, 2022 - Fossil fuel corporation 3D Oil has been exposed divulging to investors that it will commence drilling for its next cash bonanza off the coast o...

takayna/Tarkine blockade bust condemned

13 April, 2022 - The Greens have condemned this morning's intense operation to remove peaceful protesters from defending the ancient forests in takayna/Tarkine ...

Greens ready to fight for the future in lutruwita/Tasmania

11 April, 2022 - The Greens welcome the federal election finally being called for Saturday 21 May 2022.  The Greens’ federal election candidates for lutruwita/T...

A real plan for Tasmanian women

8 April, 2022 -   This election is a real chance to deliver for Tasmanian women, with the Greens in the balance of power to push the next government to go furth...

Urgent government action needed to fix Tasmanian rental affordability

6 April, 2022 - The release of the April edition of CoreLogic's Quarterly Rental Review report is yet another indication that government must take urgent action...

Federal Government scraps recovery plans for Tasmanian flora and fauna at risk of extinction

1 April, 2022 - Tasmanian species on the brink of extinction have today lost their federally funded recovery plans despite the Federal Government being well awa...

Tasmania left out in the cold by Federal Budget

30 March, 2022 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for using the budget for cynical electioneering purposes, while simultaneously destroying what ...

Green boost for budding hemp industry

25 March, 2022 - Hemp has to be one of the most misunderstood plants on this planet. Despite it having multiple uses over thousands of years - including food, c...

Greens refer alleged carbon credits fraud to Auditor General

24 March, 2022 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, has referred allegations of a $1 billion taxpayer funded climate fraud through the government’s carbon credits sc...

Regenerative Agriculture Boost From Greens

24 March, 2022 - While Australia’s leading farmers and the nation’s major farm groups endorse emissions reduction targets and set their own ambitious climate go...

50th celebration of the Greens takes Adam Bandt to party's roots

19 March, 2022 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt will tonight attend 50th anniversary celebrations for the Green movement in Tasmania, marking a ful...