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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Morrison’s new laws must not undermine anti-discrimination protections

13 December, 2018 - A Religious Discrimination Act should not be used to undermine or override state based anti-discrimination laws, the Australian Greens say, ...

Greens table Senate’s largest ever petition to protect takayna/Tarkine

6 December, 2018 - Tasmanian Greens Senators Nick McKim and Peter Whish-Wilson have tabled the Senate’s largest ever petition, calling for takayna/Tarkine to be...

Senate calls on Environment Minister to call in Lake Malbena development

6 December, 2018 - The Senate has today called on federal Environment Minister Melissa Price to conduct a full assessment of the Lake Malbena development, inclu...

Defence call out laws

27 November, 2018 - The passage of laws to make it easier for Governments to use the army within Australia is a dangerous step for our country, Greens Justice s...

Dutton and Morrison’s latest attack on the rule of law

22 November, 2018 - Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton’s plans to leave people stateless is yet another attack on the rule of law and people’s fundamental rights, ...

Liberals turn their back on the world's displaced people

21 November, 2018 - The Liberals’ decision to refuse to sign the United Nations Global Compact for Migration is an admission that their refugee policies are in ...

Kids need to be brought off Nauru now

1 November, 2018 - Reports that the Australian Government plans to bring the children it is detaining on Nauru to Australia by Christmas removes any excuse to k...

Nauru crisis

17 October, 2018 - The deportation of Australia's chief medical officer from Nauru shows the entire regime of offshore detention is crumbling, Greens Immigratio...

Cross-party Bill to get kids off Nauru

16 October, 2018 - The Greens will co-sponsor a Bill to get children and their families off Nauru to receive medical treatment in Australia. “This Bill is a dir...

Humanitarian crisis on Nauru

11 October, 2018 - Medecins Sans Frontiers' revelations about the conditions of the people Australia is detaining on Nauru have laid bare the truly despearte si...

Greens to move to overturn Byron citizenship ban

27 September, 2018 - The Greens will move in the Senate to disallow the draconian ban on Byron Council conducting citizenship ceremonies. “Councils have the rig...

Greens demand release of Ruddock Review

18 September, 2018 - The Greens will tomorrow move an order for production of documents motion in the Senate, demanding the government finally release the Ruddo...