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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Federal Budget a cynical mess: Greens

2 April, 2019 - This budget is a cynical attempt to buy votes instead of planning for the nation’s looming challenges. What we needed was a plan to tackle the c...

Lethal shark culling to end in Great Barrier Reef

2 April, 2019 - Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today praised the order from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal which will see an end ...

$324 billion reasons the PRRT is a joke

1 April, 2019 - Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today commented on new tax statistics released by the ATO revealing tax credits to oil and ga...

Greens urge Labor to go further on waste plan

31 March, 2019 - Waste & Recycling spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today welcomed Labor’s new commitment to tackling Australia’s waste crisis but urge...

Defence projects of concern management creates its own concern

26 March, 2019 - Greens Defence spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, commented on the release of the Auditor-General’s report into Defence’s Management of ...

Banking Royal Commission report a small step towards the reform we deserve

4 February, 2019 - Today’s disappointing final report into the banking and financial services industry will slow, but not end decades of money grabbing and unet...

It's time to move from bank-bashing rhetoric to bank-changing policies

29 October, 2018 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments alongside the release of the Greens submission in r...

Endless greed in the banking sector won't be stopped without major reform

28 September, 2018 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson and Leader Dr Richard Di Natale have this afternoon welcomed the release of the int...

Whish-Wilson: 10 years on from the GFC and the Keating-era banking risks still remain

12 September, 2018 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, last night, delivered an adjournment speech on why the GFC is still with us and h...

Giving Robert financial regulation responsibility shows contempt for Royal Commission

28 August, 2018 - Greens Treasury Spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, comments on the new Prime Minister's appointment of Stuart Robert MP as Assistant Tr...

Remaining NSW shark nets and those in Queensland now must be replaced with new technology too

17 August, 2018 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has welcomed the decision by the NSW Government to end the use ...

Endangered Handfish should be a redline for the Norfolk Bay fish farm move

13 August, 2018 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, is calling on the Federal Environment Minister to call in the proposed  Norfolk Bay fish farm...