Federal Government must step in and fix Tasmania’s broken health system

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…

Cross-party oversight is crucial for Australia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic

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…

Federal Government’s COVID-19 stimulus package

Federal Parliament will sit today to pass the JobKeeper package. My letter will be tabled in the House of Representatives today to highlight some of the issues that must be…

Medicare rebate must be increased

According to the Tasmanian Council of Social Service ‘the median age of death in Tasmania’s most disadvantaged neighbourhood is 66, compared to 84 in the State’s most advantaged neighbourhood.’ This…