Today I was honoured to stand in the Parliament and pay my respects for Chris Coughran, the former President of the Defence and Veterans’ Workshop in Hobart, who tragically died…
Governments continue to show that they don’t understand the inherent value of education, nor that an educated population is smarter, richer, healthier and happier.
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, will this morning introduce another Private Members Bill to shut down the live export trade. This is the fifth time Mr Wilkie has attempted…
The Aged Care Royal Commission has presented us with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fundamentally change and improve our aged care services. We have a clear blueprint and it’s imperative we…
Deputy Speaker we know that the salmon industry plays an important role in Tasmania as a key industry and employer. But it’s under siege, and if community confidence and support…
The Government waved through the motion for a veterans’ Royal Commission tonight but refuses to actually establish one. This gives veterans and their loved ones false hope. Not good enough…
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, this morning introduced a Private Members’ Bill to establish a Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority. The Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority Bill 2021 will ensure that all administrative…
Free universal early childhood education is important for gender equality. But gender equality also needs to be in our DNA, with everything we say & do, and every policy &…
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, today addressed Federal Parliament to highlight the urgent need to solve the housing crisis in Tasmania. “Rents across Tasmania have risen by an alarming…