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Turnbull and Robb give US corporations the right to sue Australia

6 October, 2015 - Malcolm Turnbull and Andrew Robb have done what John Howard and Mark Vaile refused to do: Via the TPP they have granted US corporations to the...

Nauru’s prison island changes must be opened to media scrutiny: Greens

6 October, 2015 - The island of Nauru needs to be opened up for journalists and independent human rights observers so that they can see what life is really like...

Economic modelling shows coastal shipping laws will be a disaster for Tasmania

30 September, 2015 - Economic modelling by the Maritime Union of Australia has confirmed that hundreds of Tasmanian jobs will be lost if the Liberal Party’s cha...

Media Release: Nick McKim to push for an “I-20” at global conference in Korea

29 September, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania Nick McKim will today depart for Jeju, Korea to deliver the keynote address at a conference that wil...

Australian and New Zealand Green parties call for deportation halt

29 September, 2015 - The Green parties of New Zealand and Australia are jointly calling on the Australian Government to halt the indiscriminate deportation of N...

Government cannot ignore rape and assault on Nauru: Greens

29 September, 2015 - The Australia Greens have called on the new Turnbull government to step in and remove children and their families from Nauru following the ...

Turnbull Government blocking UN access to detention centres

26 September, 2015 - The Australian Government should give the United Nations free and unfettered access to Australian run detention centres, the Australian Gre...

TPP meeting last chance for Australia to say no to ISDS

25 September, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) meeting beginning tomorrow in Atla...

Greens call on Turnbull to recall radicalisation booklet

25 September, 2015 - The Greens are calling on Malcolm Turnbull to recall and recycle the Radicalisation Awareness Kit that claims environmentalism is a pathway...

Media Release: ACCC confirms voluntary Grocery Code of Conduct isn’t working

24 September, 2015 - The ACCC’s confirmation of the inadequacy of the voluntary Grocery Code of Conduct (GCC)* shows the government needs to step in and make th...

Opportunity to fix broken treaty-making process lost with failure to trade Robb

21 September, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson makes the following comments regarding the recent portfolio shuffle: “It is disap...

Media Release: Tourism, International Education ministries present challenges and opportunities for Richard Colbeck

21 September, 2015 - Newly appointed Tourism and International Education Minister Richard Colbeck will need to embrace Tasmania’s wilderness values to be a succ...

About Nick McKim

18 September, 2015 - Tasmanian Senator Nick McKim is a passionate advocate for Tasmania’s people, environment and economy. He was first elected to the Tasmanian...

The Government's Free Trade Jobs #MATHSFAIL

18 September, 2015 - While touting how *amazing* their China, Korean and Japanese Free Trade Agreements are, the government has made a humiliating error in repe...

Debate on Penalty Rates

17 September, 2015 - Senator Nick McKim's contribution to the debate about moves to cut penalty rates. The Greens will always stand up for the rights of low paid workers.