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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Liberals game laws to deliberately harm people owed protection

30 January, 2018 - Leaked cabinet documents show the extent to which the Liberals have undermined the law to deliberately cause harm to people they know are owe...

Liberals game laws to deliberately harm people owed protection

30 January, 2018 - Leaked cabinet documents show the extent to which the Liberals have undermined the law to deliberately cause harm to people they know are owe...

Foreign interference laws

24 January, 2018 - The Greens share the deep concerns of civil liberties groups and media organisations about the scale and scope of the Government's foreign in...

Foreign interference laws

24 January, 2018 - The Greens share the deep concerns of civil liberties groups and media organisations about the scale and scope of the Government's foreign in...

Manus Island crisis re-escalates

21 December, 2017 - The federal government's neglect of refugees and people seeking asylum on Manus Island has led to a re-escalation of tension and danger, Gre...

Manus Island crisis re-escalates

21 December, 2017 - The federal government's neglect of refugees and people seeking asylum on Manus Island has led to a re-escalation of tension and danger, Gre...

OPCAT ratification must include offshore detention

15 December, 2017 - The government's ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or ...

OPCAT ratification must include offshore detention

15 December, 2017 - The government's ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or ...

Nick McKim Marriage Equality speech

28 November, 2017 - I'm very happy today to rise to support the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017, which will strengthen the inst...

Dutton's escalation of Manus Island crisis

23 November, 2017 - Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has again escalated the Manus Island humanitarian emergency by ordering the use of force against innocent ...

Dutton's escalation of Manus Island crisis

23 November, 2017 - Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has again escalated the Manus Island humanitarian emergency by ordering the use of force against innocent ...

Threats of force against Manus prisoners

9 November, 2017 - Threats of using force against detainees at the Manus Island detention centre are unprecedented and potentially highly dangerous, Greens Immi...