180 – Senator Nick McKim

Nick McKim is a Tasmanian senator and the co-deputy leader of The Australian Greens.

He joined me via Zoom (sorry) from Tasmania to discuss the Morrison government’s (sometimes okay but generally shitty) response to the COVID crisis, the neoliberal Labor Party, how this pandemic affects folks in immigration detention and the current Greens’ plebiscite on the election of the federal leader.

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Nick’s page on the Greens’ website

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Information about the Greens’ leadership plebiscite

ARTICLE: The Greens are founded on the principle of grassroots democracy – the leadership vote should be no exception by Michael Berkman, Mehreen Faruqi, Tammy Franks, Tim Hollo & Scott Ludlam

ARTICLE: As former Greens leaders, we ask members not to shut the party room out of leadership votes by Bob Brown, Christine Milne & Richard Di Natale

ARTICLE: It’s out decision: electing the parliamentary leader by Dylan Griffiths

ARTICLE: So how much power does the leader of the Australian Greens actually have? by Jonathan Sri 

If you’re a Greens member who supports the One Member One Vote model for leadership election, please consider adding your name to this open letter

VIDEO: Why the Green New Deal matters

Causes of the Week: The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (asrc.org.au), The Unemployed Workers’ Union (unemployedworkersunion.com) 

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