Protect our oceans from plastics: senator

Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson has called on the government to take seriously the issue of plastic pollution in the ocean.

The Greens want to declare war on plastic bags and microbeads to save Australia's oceans.

Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson called on the government to take seriously the issue of plastics pollution in the ocean, an issue that has drawn responses from countries around the world and even the Queen.

"We have no plan at all in this country, and we're a country girt by sea," Senator Whish-Wilson told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday.


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