• Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania
• Became a Senator on 20 June 2012 — Federal election
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Adjournment: National Security, Australian Society (23 Jun 2026)

“Speaking of fighting every day for our democracy, I wanted to talk about the subject that I spoke about in my two-minute statement earlier this week about the unprecedented, extraordinary rise in the vote of One Nation and what might be behind it. I wanted to start with highlighting a study and a publication by ABC News Verify. They did an investigation into foreign influence on Australian...”

Matters of Urgency: Forestry Industry (23 Jun 2026)

“What Four Corners exposed last night was absolutely shameful. I want to give a special shout-out to Basil O'Halloran, an ex-Greens MP, who was featured in that last night, along with Patrick Johnson, who's also a Greens member, and a number of other people that have spent so many years tracking the movement of these whole logs and saw logs from our beautiful native forests onto the ferry...”

Matters of Urgency: Gas Industry: Taxation (22 Jun 2026)

“One of my favourite Australian authors, Gregory David Roberts, who wrote the book Shantaram, said in his book: The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics— and we're all in the business of big politics— is the politics of big business. When the two get in bed together, they're an unstoppable force. That's exactly what we are witnessing here today. A...”

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• Has spoken in 62 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 8 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 968 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Peter Whish-Wilson's latest interest statementLast updated: 20 May 2026