Royal Commission blows lid on robodebt

The many thousands of Australians who fell victim to Robodebt deserved answers, and their plight was summed up succinctly by today’s Royal Commission report which stated that: “Robodebt was a…

Federal Budget good as far as it goes but critically wounded by Stage 3 tax cuts and AFL stadium

The Federal Budget goes some way to improving the situation in a myriad of important areas like Jobseeker, Parenting Payment, energy bill relief, aged care and Commonwealth Rent Assistance. The…

(Podcast) The need to go harder to curb gambling advertising

Politics with Michelle Grattan podcast interviewed Andrew on the need to go harder to curb gambling advertising and reduce gambling harm. It needs to be recognised that the Murphy parliamentary…

Jackals converge on Tasmania

“Just when you thought the Northern Territory was the worst regulated jurisdiction in Australia and the perfect base for the online gambling companies, along comes the Tasmanian Government with the…

Jackals feeding on carcass of gambling addicts

Today the Government introduced their long-awaited gambling “reforms”. What it turned out to be was useless legislation which will do almost nothing to prevent gambling advertising and protect vulnerable Australians…

Tibetans facing cultural genocide

Andrew delivered a speech to Parliament on the situation in Tibet, particularly the Chinese Government’s cultural repression of Tibetans. You can watch or read the speech below: “I recently met…

PM must explain inaction on gambling harm

The Government has finally introduced their gambling reform bill. It was sadly disappointing. Andrew moved a motion calling on the PM to personally explain to Australians why protecting gambling companies,…

Gender-based violence crisis needs national action

Andrew spoke in the parliament about the need for Government action to address gender-based violence against women and children, and shared stories from the community. You can watch his speech…

Tasmanian Government’s crisis of integrity

Andrew spoke in the Parliament about the Tasmanian Government’s galling lack of integrity. You can watch or read his speech below: “The Tasmanian Liberal government is in crisis, not a…

Social media ban is not working

Andrew initially against the Government’s social media ban for under-16s because he had a number of concerns about the ban being counter-productive, unworkable, and punishing children rather than the social…

Opinion piece – Housing and immigration

Andrew wrote the below opinion piece on immigration and housing, originally published in The Mercury: That some political parties seek to pin the housing crisis on “immigrants” and “foreigners” is…