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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

Speech in Reply on Immigration and Section 18C

1 September, 2016 - Before I concluded my previous contribution on this, I was speaking about the fact that the government's so-called border protection regime ...

Media Release: Labor and Liberals vote down immigration detention Royal Commission

31 August, 2016 - Labor and the Coalition have voted together to reject a Royal Commission into Australia's detention centres including Manus Island and Nauru. ...

Greens move for Royal Commission into Australia’s detention regime

30 August, 2016 - The Greens have introduced a motion in the Senate calling on the Government to hold a Royal Commission into Australia’s immigration detention ...

Greens pledge to protect 18C as many times as it takes

17 August, 2016 - The Australian Greens say they will keep standing with the community to protect Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, in the face of r...

Time to pull the plug on second Basslink

15 August, 2016 - Warwick Smith’s sudden resignation from the viability study of a second Basslink cable should prompt an urgent rethink of the proposal, Greens...

Greens unveil plans for a more just Australia

1 July, 2016 - The Greens will pursue an Australian Bill of Rights, stricter gun control and a rethink of Australian counter-terrorism laws in the next Parliame...

Greens to create firefighting capacity within the Australian Defence Force

28 June, 2016 - The Greens have pledged to establish a specialist firefighting unit within the Australian Defence Force and bolster Australia’s aerial firefight...

Greens Stand Up For Small Business

24 June, 2016 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Small Business and Greens candidate for Higgins Jason Ball have launched a comprehensive plan to give small b...

Government Tries to Censor Tasmanian Forests from Global Warming Report

27 May, 2016 - The federal government’s censorship of references to Tasmania’s World Heritage listed forests from a United Nations report can’t hide the threats...

Greens unveil plans for an Innovation Nation

23 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today released a comprehensive Innovation Policy to back startup enterprises, support STEM education and boost innovat...

Media Release: Greens to fund feasibility study into Tasmanian women’s football team

17 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have committed to funding a comprehensive study into the feasibility of a Tasmanian women’s football side competing in the ...

Chocolate money in the pork barrel leaves a bad taste for Tasmania

13 May, 2016 - The cynical rebranding of old money is a transparent electoral ploy by a government desperate to hang on to its marginal Tasmanian seats, Greens ...