Fishy business at Woolies

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, delivered the following statement to Parliament. Please see full video above. “Despite allergen safety needing to be taken extremely seriously, concerned constituents have provided…

Coal quality fraud allegations found to be true, pressure on Government to hold fair dinkum inquiry

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed the announcement by ASIC that it is suing TerraCom Limited, it’s managing director, chief commercial officer, former Chair and a former director…

NACC looks good, now to make it happen

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed the legislation by the Federal Government to establish a National Anti-Corruption Commission. “The crossbench has led the charge when it comes to…

Buy-now, pay-later schemes land many in serious strife

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has backed a national call from a community coalition to better regulate buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) and payday lending schemes, citing the case of a…

Harm minimisation, not profit maximisation

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has joined fellow independents Kristie Johnston and Meg Webb to call for the inclusion of effective harm minimisation measures to the State Government’s poker…

Consumer law lacking in travel and tourism industry

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…

Andrew speaks in Parliament about problems with consumer protections in the travel industry

The flight and travel industry remains in diabolical strife, with thousands of Australians chasing refunds for ill-fated holidays cancelled due to COVID-19 and travel agents going to the wall. The…

Spirit sleight of hand has not fooled consumers

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. This old adage certainly applies to the free-car scheme on offer on the State Government’s Bass Strait ferries. Sadly,…

Is TT-Line COVID subsidy a mean-spirited con?

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister’s commitment to investigate allegations that Spirit of Tasmania ferry fares have risen, not fallen, during a “free vehicle”…