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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Greens condemn Woolnorth Road Virtual Fence Project vandalism

19 January, 2022 - The Greens have condemned the alleged vandalism that occurred last night to the Woolnorth Road Virtual Fence Project, designed to mitigate ro...

Reef Wreckers on Repeat

11 November, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for its relentless destruction of the Great Barrier Reef, after it tried to remove reference...

Kelp can help

28 October, 2021 - Angus Taylor was today quoted in The Australian saying, “no affordable, practical and large-scale way exists to reduce [methane from agricult...

LNP sinks vote to stop PEP-11

21 October, 2021 - The LNP has gagged debate on a bill to stop the destructive fossil fuel project PEP-11, despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Liberal MPs...

Greens urge farmers not to let LNP off lightly

11 October, 2021 - The Greens have warned now is a dangerous time to be distracted from the real climate action needed to support farmers and have urged the Nat...

Incredulous, infuriating: the Tasmanian devil recovery plan set to be axed by Morrison Government

17 September, 2021 - The Greens have condemned the Morrison Government for proposing changes to conservation planning decisions that would see the Tasmanian dev...

Wrong way, go back on nuclear subs

17 September, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for upping its assault on lutruwita/Tasmania’s oceans and waterways.  Quotes attributable t...

Morrison Government's assault on science reaches new lows

2 September, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for politicising science in an attempt to deny the dangerous decline of the Great Barrier Re...

Ley not giving devils their due

1 September, 2021 - The Greens have condemned Environment Minister Sussan Ley for lifting a ban on Venture Minerals trucking ore at night along a 112km stretch ...

Morrison Government condemned for Tasmania's dodgy foreign investment approvals

27 August, 2021 - A Senate Inquiry that investigated Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approvals has used key Tasmanian case studies to blast the Federal G...

Ley must act to protect Tasmanian devils

25 August, 2021 - The Greens have called on Environment Minister Sussan Ley to protect Tasmanian devils from becoming mining-industry roadkill by rejecting Vent...

Government’s Great Barrier Reef lobbying exposes climate denialism

12 July, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for the desperate measures it has taken to avoid UNESCO listing the Great Barrier Reef as "In Da...