Last week’s Tasmanian Budget contained some welcome funding. Alongside long overdue spending for education and youth, there’s important funding for legal aid services and mental health. As the Tasmanian Council…
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, says the decision to send Australians to war cannot continue to rest with the Prime Minister alone because such a serious matter deserves a…
When the pandemic hit, many Australians obviously had thousands of dollars tied up in travel plans that had to be suddenly cancelled, replaced instead by lengthy periods of confusion and…
Tonight’s IPCC report will confirm that we don’t have until 2050 for net zero. Instead we must prevent any new fossil fuel projects, immediately wind down coal, gas and oil…
The decision to extend cashless debit card trials is a terrible one. Remember this card has been trialled since 2014 at a cost of tens of millions of taxpayers’ dollars.…
At the end of the day Australia’s bipartisan policy, its response to asylum seekers, remains fundamentally immoral and illegal under international law. This country must adopt an alternative response to…
The Government’s new environmental law will not solve the extinction crisis. The proposed Environment Assurance Commissioner will be a toothless tiger and just ensure business as usual. We need my…
You can’t make this stuff up – no Australian security data should be in the custody of any foreign owned company. That’s why I support the Repatriation of Defence Data…
Deputy Speaker, kunanyi/Mt Wellington is the heart and soul of Greater Hobart. Referred to by locals as “The Mountain”, it can be seen from many kilometers away and, along with…