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…

Government must intervene to stop robotax

“It is pleasing to see that the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Taxation Ombudsman have called out the Australian Taxation Office for their cold-blooded robotax campaign. “As I’ve said previously, the…

Governments must stop ignoring marine microplastic pollution

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, delivered the following statement to the Federal Parliament. “There is growing concern about the impacts of microplastics in our waters. And rightly so I…

Greedy supermarkets must be brought back into line

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, seconded the Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter’s, Reducing Supermarket Dominance Bill 2024. “Australians are struggling to put food on the table, petrol in the…

More income support needed for desperate Australians

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, seconded Independent Member for North Sydney, Kylea Tink’s, motion calling on the Federal Government to significantly increase income support payments above indexation. “Calling regular…

Asylum seekers and refugees continue to be unfairly treated

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, moved amendments to the Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 1) Bill 2023 which would have removed a provision from the Migration…

Wilkie speaks on the 2024 Tasmanian Election

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, discussed the important issues facing the community in the lead up to the 2024 Tasmanian election in a speech to the Federal Parliament. Please…

Veterans seemingly tripped up at every turn

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, made a speech in the Federal Parliament to highlight some of the health care hurdles still confronting veterans. “I regularly hear stories from veterans,…

Taxi industry crying out for help

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, called on both the Tasmanian Liberal and Labor parties to implement a taxi licence plate buy back scheme, which would provide much-needed financial relief…

Another appalling Tasmanian duck hunting season upon us

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has joined the RSPCA’s call for both the Tasmanian Liberal and Labor parties to commit to a ban on duck shooting in Tasmania. “From…