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…

FIRB must prevent foreign raids on temporarily undervalued Australian companies

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has called on the Federal Treasurer to ensure the Foreign Investment Review Board conducts more stringent assessments and applies more stringent criteria in the…

NDIS must stop discriminating against older Australians

Deputy Speaker having a disability makes life hard enough but, if you’re 65 or older, it can be a disaster because older Australians are not allowed to enter the National…

NDIS must stop discriminating against older Australians

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has made the following statement to Federal Parliament. Deputy Speaker having a disability makes life hard enough but, if you’re 65 or older, it…

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…

Question in Federal Parliament on live animal export

This is a Federal Government that makes exemptions to ALLOW animal cruelty. This is a protection racket for the live animal export industry.

Adjournment speech on State Government incompetence in delivering vital infrastructure projects

Speaker my home state of Tasmania is the best place in the world to live. But its governance is appalling, and if you hand a Tasmanian state government a great…

Lifting the lid on Australia’s true carbon footprint

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, will this morning table the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment (Transparency in Carbon Emissions Accounting) Bill 2020. Mr Wilkie’s Private Member’s Bill would…