Wilkie slams Southern Cross Care in Federal Parliament

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, delivered the following 90 second statement to the Parliament today. See above video for full statement. “The Aged Care Royal Commission gave people hope…

Tassie arts sector problems raised in Parliament

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, delivered the following 90 second statement to the Parliament. “Arts, culture and creativity enrich the lives of all Australians. Yet decades of underinvestment and…

Statement on Marinus Link funding announcement

Tasmania increasing its reliance on renewable energy from 100 per cent to 200 per cent, and exporting the surplus to the mainland through additional Bass Strait cables, is commendable. To…

Shame on Federal Government for expanding live animal exports

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has slammed the current Federal Government for voting down his motion to disallow the regulation made by the former Federal Government to shorten the…

Gambling advertising changes a welcome start to reform

The Federal Government’s changes to gambling advertising are welcome and a good start to the widespread reform urgently needed. Stronger and varied messaging, and more effective presentation, for example bigger…

Statement on the cable car decision

The decision by the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to dismiss the appeal into the proposed Mount Wellington cable car is a wonderful turn of events. The development never satisfied…

Statement on the cable car decision

The decision by the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to dismiss the appeal into the proposed Mount Wellington cable car is a wonderful turn of events. The development never satisfied…

Statement on the interim report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed the interim report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide as a vital step towards addressing the serious systemic and…

Mac Point proof Tasmanian Government couldn’t organise a piss-up at a brewery

When I joined then Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese at Macquarie Point in 2012 to announce $50 million in remediation funding, I called on the State Government not to ‘stuff it…