Parliament covers up Australia’s true carbon footprint

The House Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy today tabled its report on Andrew Wilkie MP’s National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (Transparency in Carbon Emissions Accounting) Bill 2020…

Feds flying blind on aged care in Tasmania

“Prime Minister, the Mercury newspaper reports that there have been no unannounced safety checks at Tasmanian residential aged care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. “By comparison the aged care regulator…

The Wilkie Report August 2020 – Australia needs a virtual parliament

Well here we are, almost six months into the pandemic and it’s dangerously negligent that the Federal Government still hasn’t got a virtual parliament up and running. For months the…

Awash with secrecy, government risks eroding public trust

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…

Where are the hundreds of missing greyhound puppies?

Independent Member for Clark Andrew Wilkie will join Let Greyhounds Run Free to demand an investigation into the fate of 262 greyhound pups that disappeared in Tasmania between 2016 and…

No Rail? Back to the drawing board on Bridgewater Bridge

The State Government’s concept designs for the new Bridgewater Bridge are astounding for what they don’t show, and that of course is provision for a railway line. There is a…

Government apology for dodgy robodebt must extend to Centrelink staff

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, will join with the Community & Public Sector Union to call on the Federal Government to apologise to Centrelink staff for putting them through…

Woolworths ignoring COVID laws and risking lives

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…

A statement on today’s defence cash-splash

Today’s $270bn defence spending announcement is excessive and the timing curious. Yes, Australia does need a well-structured, -resourced and -trained Defence Force to defend the nation and to respond to…