Federal Government grants $3.4m to Hobart Aquatic Centre

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed $3.4m in Federal funding for the Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre. The City of Hobart secured the funding from the Building Better…

The Wilkie Report – Net-zero by 2050 is largely political bullshit

Well fair enough there’s so much attention on the international climate change summit in Glasgow. But frankly the obsession on net-zero emissions by 2050 is largely political bullshit and a…

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…

Tassie’s racing industry inquiry a dog’s breakfast

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has joined animal welfare advocate Fran Chambers to call for an urgent overhaul of TasRacing and the Office of Racing Integrity (ORI). “We need…

Tassie’s racing industry inquiry a dog’s breakfast

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has joined animal welfare advocate Fran Chambers to call for an urgent overhaul of TasRacing and the Office of Racing Integrity (ORI). “We need…

Nauru extension is cruelty on steroids

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, says Australia’s new memorandum of understanding with Nauru is a missed opportunity to reset our policy on irregular arrivals. “The Government’s barbaric continuation of…

AUKUS allies must set Assange free

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has called on the Prime Minister to use his Washington trip to negotiate the release of Australian journalist Julian Assange with his new partners…

Medicare needs teeth

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, said an ABC report of generations in Hobart’s northern suburbs having all their teeth removed illustrates why basic dental care needed to be rolled…

Who’s running this state anyway?

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, says the State Government should grow a backbone and slap down the gambling industry’s latest brazen attempt to dictate government policy. “The Federal Group’s…