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Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Government finally acting on plastic packaging pollution

25 May, 2023 - National packaging and waste reduction targets designed to increase recycling, help build a circular economy and minimise plastic pollution are l...

pilitika/Robbins Island wind farm must be abandoned

25 May, 2023 - The Greens have again called for the pilitika/Robbins Island wind farm project to be abandoned due to its numerous environmental red flags. This ...

Salmon farming risk to Tanya Plibersek's zero extinction pledge

24 May, 2023 - The federal Environment Department has identified* the salmon farming industry as a clear threat to the endangered Maugean skate and the federal ...

Plastic export ban backflip exposes government failure to hold big polluters to account

18 May, 2023 - The Greens again call on the Albanese Government to hold the big polluters to account and regulate Australia’s plastic packaging industry.&n...

APCO finally comes clean on waste reduction targets

20 April, 2023 - The Greens are calling for the Albanese Government to immediately mandate waste reduction targets following a report out today revealing Austra...

Federal funding key to tackling invasive sea urchin

6 March, 2023 - The Tasmanian Government’s allocation of an additional $5.1 million to the Abalone Industry Reinvestment Fund is welcome, but must now be backed...

Vote a strong message on the need to do more to protect devils from becoming roadkill

16 February, 2023 - The Greens commend the Circular Head Council for voting to reduce the Woolnorth Road speed limit from 100 km to 80 km to help protect the Ta...

Albo's PEP-11 position is a cop out

9 February, 2023 - In the lead up to the last federal election Anthony Albanese told voters “a Labor Government that I lead will rule out PEP-11” and said “our ...

Government must rule out toxic offshore gas project PEP-11

3 February, 2023 - The Albanese Government must immediately rule out granting an extension permit to fossil fuel project PEP-11 after the Morrison Government’s ...

Tassie devil vote absurd and disgraceful

20 January, 2023 - A plan to reduce the speed limit on a 25km stretch of road responsible for a quarter of Tasmanian devil deaths on state roads* was quashed la...

Woodside needs to clean up after itself

19 January, 2023 - An oil tower containing toxic chemicals once used by Woodside to produce oil near the Ningaloo Reef ceased operations and should have be...