Senate
Peter Whish-Wilson
Peter Whish-Wilson is an Australian Greens senator for Tasmania. First elected 20 June 2012.
- Australian Greens
Before this: won Senate seat (2010); entered federal parliament (2011).
What do they focus on?
Environmental protection is a recurring subject in his 27 tracked speeches and votes. He supported Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment, including stronger carbon-credit rules and a block on fossil-fuel subsidies, while opposing Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change)because he said it would help fossil-fuel interests.
His speeches also address health and income support. He supported Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) as a pharmacy-based alternative for smokers, and opposed Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (More Support in the Safety Net)because it did not sufficiently raise income-support payments. His votes also include electoral scrutiny: on Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform), he called for closer examination of the bill and voted against the bill itself.
Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.
How do they vote?
Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.
1019 tracked votes while with Greens.
How do they compare?
- Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 14 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
- Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 0 avg 0.6 26
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 1 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 7 avg 7.9 226
The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.
What have they done lately?
Since late 2025, Whish-Wilson has been busy in votes but comparatively quiet in speeches: 145 votes, four speeches and no motions moved himself. His voting often combined opposition to a bill with support for narrower safeguards. On new migration powers and visa safeguards, he voted for a larger humanitarian intake and stronger scrutiny, but against reading the bill a second time; on new hate and extremism offences and migration rules, he voted against letting the bill proceed and for recording concerns about rushed scrutiny and rights.
His four speeches were consistently supportive of the measures discussed. He backed a mandatory national packaging-responsibility scheme, arguing for binding recycling targets, and supported ratifying the high-seas biodiversity treaty. He also spoke in favour of banning dirty donations and making price gouging illegal.
When do they vote against their party?
Peter recorded no votes against the Greens position across 1019 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
27 tracked speeches across 26 bills.
- 19 backing a bill
- 2 with reservations
- 6 against
- 0 no clear position
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About these numbers
Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.
Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.