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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Environment Minister chooses to do nothing again on regulating big businesses who pollute

11 December, 2024 - Yesterday was the last meeting of federal and state environment ministers before the federal election and there was very high expe...

Greens launch action plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef

9 December, 2024 - The Greens’ election plan to protect our iconic Great Barrier Reef would dedicate over $4 billion in new funding to protect this World Herita...

Greens bid to end the culture war on sharks

7 December, 2024 - Loopholes in federal legislation used by the states to deploy lethal shark nets would be closed and non-lethal shark control measures superch...

Greens welcome SA shark mitigation strategy, but federal action is still missing

25 November, 2024 - The Greens welcome the South Australian government’s announcement to increase shark mitigation measures, but urge the federal government to ...

Greens pledge to fight PFAS & plastics

16 November, 2024 - Plastic production makes up 45% of the petrochemical sector which is expected to drive half the world’s oil demand growth between now and 20...

Minister now has nowhere to hide on the Maugean skate

24 October, 2024 - An extraordinary warning from some of the nation’s foremost marine scientists about the plight of the endangered Maugean skate has ...

Greens plan to overhaul vicious cycle of waste

15 October, 2024 - The Greens have today announced a plan for a National Repairability Star Rating label system to overhaul the vicious cycle of production and ...

Peter Whish-Wilson

4 October, 2024 - The fourth mass global coral bleaching event was declared, with reefs the world over recording catastrophic impacts following sustained sea temperatures.

Community win: monster seismic blasting proposal withdrawn!

26 September, 2024 - One of the largest seismic blasting proposals ever in Australian history has been withdrawn by proponent TGS following immense community pr...

Offshore fossil fuel facility spills yet again

23 September, 2024 - Up to 21,000 litres of diesel has spilled into the ocean from an Esso/ExxonMobil fossil fuel facility in the Bass Strait, with the offshore...

Pressure builds for PM to help free Captain Paul Watson

30 August, 2024 - The Prime Minister has been implored to use diplomatic channels in any way possible to help free Captain Paul Watson, in a letter signed by th...

Will Labor listen to its own Threatened Species Scientific Committee or toxic salmon companies?

16 August, 2024 - The Albanese government must heed new advice from its own Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) and remove salmon farming from Macqua...