From the desk of Andrew Wilkie MP
GREATER HOBART NEEDS A STRATEGIC PLAN
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, will urge the State Government to develop a detailed strategy for greater Hobart to prevent intergenerational planning disasters that would ruin the city and its surrounds. “Hobart is facing an unprecedented number of...
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DON’T BE AFRAID OF TERRORISTS: BE TERRIFIED OF DUTTON’S SUPER-SECURITY MINISTRY
“The Government’s intention to incorporate at least the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Border Force and parts of the Immigration Department into a super-security ministry answerable to Peter Dutton is one of the most...
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The Wilkie Report June 2017
Time to pull the plug on pokies, opinion piece published in the Mercury, 20 June 2017
Andrew Wilkie says everyone knows the deal when it comes to gaming machines, even Federal Hotels. ONE of the fascinating revelations in James Boyce's new book, Losing Streak: How Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry, is how Federal Hotels was once a fierce...
read morePush to outlaw fees for paper bills
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, will introduce a Private Member’s Bill this morning that would prevent companies from charging a fee for providing bills in paper form, and prevent them from switching customers to electronic billing without the...
read moreAustralian Government guilty of human rights abuses
“The decision by the Australian Government to pay compensation to 1,905 Manus Island detainees is a stunning admission of the barbaric conditions in the detention centre,” Mr Wilkie said. “It’s unambiguous proof of the need to shut down all offshore processing...
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Andrew speaks about energy policy
Government blind to Hobart Airport risks
I condemn the Federal Government for refusing to order the Australian Federal Police to reinstate a permanent presence at Hobart Airport. The simple facts are that Australia’s terrorism threat is from home-grown extremists who are looking for soft and high-profile...
read moreThe Office of Andrew Wilkie MP
Hobart Office
188 Collins Street Hobart 7000
Phone (03) 6234 5255
Email andrew.wilkie.mp@aph.gov.au
Post GPO Box 32 HOBART TAS 7001
Office hours: 9am – 5pm
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- Drop into the office at 188 Collins Street Hobart or post a letter to GPO Box 32 Hobart 7001
- Phone 03 6234 5255 or email andrew.wilkie.mp@aph.gov.au
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Drop by Andrew’s mobile office on the dates and locations below (weather permitting):
Friday 21 July 11:30am-1:30pm – Claremont Main Road near KFC
Friday 28 July 11:30am-1:30pm – Glenorchy Main Road near police station
Friday 4 August 11:30am-1:30pm – Moonah CBD Main Road
Friday 11 August 11:30am-1:30pm – Rosetta Montrose shopping precinct
