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…

New Australian Government Abandons Julian Assange

The decision by the UK Government overnight to approve the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, to face trumped up espionage and other charges, is an outrageous betrayal of…

PM increasingly hysterical about the indies

The allegation by the Prime Minister this morning on ABC’s AM program with Sabra Lane, that independent parliamentarians and candidates are a threat to Australia’s security, is a shameful slur…

Both Libs and Labor must lift their game on NDIS

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has called on the major parties to commit to ending age discrimination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and enshrining funding based on…

What has the Government got to hide?

The Prime Minister’s refusal to commit to an effective federal integrity agency is an outrageous failure of leadership. Clearly this Government is scared stiff of ever being scrutinised, and to…

Indigenous ranger programs and Indigenous Protected Areas

Andrew supports Indigenous ranger programs and Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA), for instance because Indigenous people should have the right to care for their land with which they are culturally and…

Statement on resumption of live sheep exports

It’s abhorrent that the decision has been made to roll back a ban on exporting sheep to some areas of the Middle East during the northern hemisphere’s blistering summer months.…

Is Crown the dodgiest company in Australia?

What will it take for Crown to actually lose its licence? If the Royal Commission into Crown Perth deemed them unfit to operate the business, then their licence needs to…