Tasmania's parliament has turned up the heat on Foreign Minister Julie Bishop over the detention of a Greenpeace activist in Russia.
A Greens motion calling on Ms Bishop to intervene in the case of Tasmanian Colin Russell has been backed by Labor and the Liberals in the state's lower house.
The motion, passed after ALP amendments, asks Ms Bishop "to secure the timely release of Mr Russell and his return to Tasmania and his family".
The 59-year-old is one of the so-called Arctic 30 charged with piracy and hooliganism over a protest against Russian oil drilling in September.
Mr Russell's wife Christine and daughter Madeleine were in the Tasmanian parliament to witness the vote, a statement from Greenpeace said.
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"Colin has been locked up in a cell for 57 days and we've only spoken to him once on the phone," Mrs Russell said.
"We miss him dearly and hope that more pressure like this will bring him safely back into our arms."
Greenpeace said Australia should follow the lead of other countries, including the UK, which had made strong representations to the Russian government.
"Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's position risks abandoning a peaceful Australian who has never even had a parking fine," said Greenpeace Senior Campaigner Reece Turner.
The original Greens motion called on the lower house speaker to write directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
