Tassie’s racing industry inquiry a dog’s breakfast

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has joined animal welfare advocate Fran Chambers to call for an urgent overhaul of TasRacing and the Office of Racing Integrity (ORI). “We need…

Tassie’s racing industry inquiry a dog’s breakfast

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has joined animal welfare advocate Fran Chambers to call for an urgent overhaul of TasRacing and the Office of Racing Integrity (ORI). “We need…

Nauru extension is cruelty on steroids

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, says Australia’s new memorandum of understanding with Nauru is a missed opportunity to reset our policy on irregular arrivals. “The Government’s barbaric continuation of…

AUKUS allies must set Assange free

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has called on the Prime Minister to use his Washington trip to negotiate the release of Australian journalist Julian Assange with his new partners…

Medicare needs teeth

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, said an ABC report of generations in Hobart’s northern suburbs having all their teeth removed illustrates why basic dental care needed to be rolled…

No lessons learned from Robodebt debacle

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has slammed Centrelink for continuing to monster older Australians, including a Hobart octogenarian who has been asked to provide financial records dating back almost…

Hobart seniors missing out on free bus travel

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has joined National Seniors Australia to reveal that Tasmania invests less than a third of the national average on public transport, and call for…

A safer mountain climb for all

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has joined cyclists, Bicycle Network spokesperson Alison Hetherington and the Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds to welcome the completion of the Huon Road uphill…

Government handed donor a $250m Christmas gift and kept voters in the dark

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, said the revelations today about secret dealings between the Government and Federal Group about its poker machine tax cut confirmed an alarming corruption of…