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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Citizenship Bill Third Reading Speech

4 December, 2015 - Violent extremism is a global problem, and it demands global cooperation to resolve. What it does not need is unilateralism, and this bill is...

Citizenship changes will not make Australians safer

1 December, 2015 - The imminent passage of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 will do nothing to protect Australians from ...

Citizenship Laws Should Be Scrapped, Not Amended

26 November, 2015 - The Government’s confirmation that its flawed Citizenship Bill will be amended yet again is another argument against its passage through Par...

Government Squibs it on the Effects Test

24 November, 2015 - The Federal Government’s decision to squib the introduction of an effects test is disappointing but not surprising, Greens spokesperson for ...

Time for Hodgman and Turnbull to Accept Umpire’s Call on World Heritage Logging

24 November, 2015 - The arrival of the United Nations Reactive Monitoring Mission in Tasmania puts the onus on Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt to reject ...

Discrimination in the community will not end until we stamp out discrimination in the law

12 November, 2015 - Senator Nick McKim spoke in Parliament this morning about the case of a young Tasmanian man who faced a traumatic and discriminatory ordeal ...

Labor In Zombie Lockstep With Government Over Citizenship Laws

12 November, 2015 -     Labor’s decision to roll over and give Immigration Minister Peter Dutton power to remove people’s citizenship is as ...

Amendments Don’t Change Major Flaws In Citizenship Legislation

11 November, 2015 - The Government's decision to support amendments to the Australian Citizenship (Allegiance to Australia) Bill does not change the fundamental...

Lonely Government Called Out Over Logging The TWWHA

6 November, 2015 - Lonely Planet should treat with extreme scepticism any letter from Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman which tries to argue that Tasmania’s wilder...

Getting rid of Australian Institute of Criminology counter-productive

5 November, 2015 - The takeover of the Australian Institute of Criminology by the Australian Crime Commission is short-sighted and risks increased crime rates i...

Nick's Wrap - Edition 1

5 November, 2015 - Welcome to the first edition of my newsletter! I'll keep you posted with the latest from around Tasmania and from the Senate. To recieve futu...

Swift Parrot’s Critically Endangered Listing Demands Urgent Action

30 October, 2015 - The IUCN’s decision to list the swift parrot as critically endangered should prompt urgent action from the Federal Government. Greens Senator...