The Greens Senator for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the passing of Ian Kiernan.

Senator Whish-Wilson said, “Ian Kiernan was a giant of the environment movement. He used the profile he had gained from his yachting success as a platform to fight for the environment. We all found his love of the ocean an inspiration.

“As founder of Clean Up Australia he rallied the Australian community and then went on to rally the world against plastic pollution.

Australian Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has joined animal rights groups in criticising the Queensland Government's response to two recent shark bites.

Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, last night, delivered an adjournment speech

Greens Treasury Spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, comments on the new Prime Minister's appointment of Stuart Robert MP as Assistant Treasurer with responsibility for financial services who has claimed financial scandals are ‘inevitable'.

Australian Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, warns advocates for the sinking of a naval vessel in Skeleton Bay not to get ahead of themselves with it likely that the environmental approval process still has years to run. Senator Whish-Wilson has sought and received confirmation that no approvals have been applied for yet under the Dumping at Sea Act or the EPBC Act at this stage.

Inquiry into the Great Barrier Reef 2050 Partnership Program

Statement from the inquiry chair