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…
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…
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…
It’s time to change the way we do things and prepare for the future, says Andrew Wilkie. Talking Point published in the Mercury. IT’S surreal to consider that the massive…
We deserve our choice of retirement. The majority of older Australians will tell you they want to see out their retirements in their own homes. I saw the benefits of…
The community would be very concerned at the argy-bargy between the Macquarie Point Development Corporation and the Glenorchy City Council over whether or not a proposed road at Macquarie Point…
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act is being reviewed. I’ve made a submission to the review, headed by former competition regulator chief Graeme Samuel, that the Federal Government must…
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…
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…