Refugees need to be given a fair go

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, asked the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Andrew Giles MP, the following in Question Time recently. “Minister the ALP won…

Horror health stories highlight need for change

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, addressed the Federal Parliament to discuss the issue of Tasmania’s broken health system. “How long do Tasmanians have to put up with a health…

Government commits to reform anti-discrimination laws

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, moved amendments to the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 to replace the words ‘intersex status’ with ‘sex characteristics’. “These amendments, quite…

Shame on Federal Government for expanding live animal exports

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has slammed the current Federal Government for voting down his motion to disallow the regulation made by the former Federal Government to shorten the…

Government refuses to budge on miserable GP rebate

It’s shameful that the Federal Government refused to commit to lifting the Medicare GP rebate when I put the question to the Minister for Health, Mark Butler, in Question Time.…

Immoral and unlawful treatment of asylum seekers must end

The Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, today re-introduced his Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2022, which would also effectively abolish offshore detention. The Bill was seconded by the Member…

Andrew speaks about the international arms trade

Deputy Speaker, the Government has made no secret of their plan to make military technology one of Australia’s top exports. And this plan is working, with some $5bn worth of…

Andrew in Parliament on Indigenous Land Rights, Closing the Gap & the Uluru Statement from the Heart

If the Federal Government is serious about ‘closing the gap’ then it is essential that First Nations people have a constitutionally-enshrined voice in the Parliament. We must listen to the…

Thank you nurses

It’s a cliché but it’s true, that nurses are some of the real heroes of this pandemic. Twenty-four hours a day, every day, since the start of Covid our nurses…