“Shocked, bullied and panicked” … that’s how Hobart octogenarian Jan* felt upon opening a letter from Centrelink demanding she supply financial records dating back an eye-popping 17 years. “I’m just…
Filling more Metro bus seats while cutting down on traffic could be as simple as offering travel incentives for older passengers, which is precisely what already happens in every other…
The Tasmanian Government already collects the least amount of revenue from gambling taxes of any Australian jurisdiction, both per head of population and as a proportion of gross state product,…
Opinion piece published in the Sunday Tasmanian 11 Oct 2020 It’s getting harder to find a real person to talk to these days at government agencies like Centrelink, Medicare and…
Talking Point published in the Mercury newspaper 3 September 2020. Just as seatbelts and drink driving laws made cars safer, we need measures to make poker machines safer. The tragic…
What’s with all the state secrets? I’m the first to say the state government has done a good job keeping us safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. But I’m growing increasingly…
A Talking Point published in the Mercury Newspaper 16 May 2020. Governments let Tasmanians be ripped off year after year, says Andrew Wilkie. In the last couple of months you’ve…
Talking Point opinion piece published in the Mercury Newspaper 17 April 2020. An increase in calls from distressed, anxious people demonstrates how tough it is right now, writes Andrew Wilkie.…
Opinion piece published in the Canberra Times 8 April 2020. Co-signed by Andrew Wilkie and a group of crossbench MPs and senators. Australia faces two enormous crises. The COVID-19 pandemic is a…