Community legal services deserve better

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, delivered the following statement to the Federal Parliament. “Last week the Government finally released the Independent Review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership. “The…

Big win for animal welfare

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed the introduction of the Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024, which will see live sheep exports by…

Big win for Julian Assange case

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, discussed the United Kingdom High Court of Justice’s decision to grant Julian Assange permission to appeal against his extradition to the United States of…

Parliamentarians mobilise for whistleblowers

“Tuesday was a dark day in Australian history,” Mr Wilkie said. “David McBride was imprisoned for at least more than two years for providing documents to the ABC which revealed…

Remembering the Nakba

“On the 15th of May each year Palestinians around the world mark the Nakba, or ‘Catastrophe’. That is the forcible mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians by the State of…

A Labor Budget … just

“This Government’s budgets have been markedly better than the budgets brought down by their predecessor. They are more compassionate, and we see evidence of that in this budget, with more…

Sentencing of Afghanistan War whistleblower David McBride

“Many Australians will be deeply disappointed to learn that Afghanistan War whistleblower David McBride has been jailed for a minimum of more than two years,” Independent Member for Clark, Andrew…

Live sheep export announcement welcome but ultimately all live exports must be banned

“It was very pleasing to see the Federal Government finally commit to a plan to end live sheep exports by 1 May 2028, and to legislate the date before the…

US assurance for Assange a fantasy

“The United States Government’s assurance that Julian Assange would have all the protections of a US citizen in a US court is obviously a fantasy. That Mr Assange will have…