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…
Genuine national security needs an holistic response including cyber security, hardened infrastructure to survive increasing climate-related natural disasters, and tighter foreign investment rules.
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, says the decision to send Australians to war cannot continue to rest with the Prime Minister alone because such a serious matter deserves a…
You can’t make this stuff up – no Australian security data should be in the custody of any foreign owned company. That’s why I support the Repatriation of Defence Data…
Today I was honoured to stand in the Parliament and pay my respects for Chris Coughran, the former President of the Defence and Veterans’ Workshop in Hobart, who tragically died…
The community will breathe a sigh of relief that finally the Federal Government has decided to hold a Royal Commission into veteran and serving member suicides. While the Government’s refusal…
Outrageous that a foreign controlled company is storing our defence data until 2025. A broken government promise putting our national security at risk.
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, will today second Member for Melbourne Adam Bandt’s bill to ensure any decision to send Australian forces to war must be a decision of…
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, attempts to amend the Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia’s National Security) Bill 2020 to improve transparency. “In essence Deputy Speaker I just want the…