All Australians on government pensions and payments need to live with dignity on a living income above the poverty line. So the Federal Government must not cut the Jobseeker rate…
The Real Youth Survival Report 2020 was prepared as part of Colony 47’s Backswing project, and shows how Tasmania’s housing crisis impacts young people’s lives, mental health and chances of…
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…
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…
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has released images of the dangerous flaunting of physical distancing laws by a Woolworth-owned hotel in Hobart, amid widespread reports of COVID law-breaking in…
I welcome the opening of K-Block to patients at the Royal Hobart Hospital. I’m proud to have secured the $340m federal contribution from the Federal Government when I was elected…
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.…
Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, will call on the Federal Government to refer Tasmania’s busted public health system to the Productivity Commission for real solutions. Mr Wilkie makes the…
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…