Media and Press Statements

The industry is rapidly strangling our planet,’ says Andrew Wilkie, who joins Allegra Spender, Sophie Scamps, Zali Steggall and Monique Ryan in call for ban. At least nine independent MPs and the Greens have backed...

After working with NDIS Minister Bill Shorten and the NDIA, I’m pleased to say that four of my amendments to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1)...

An independent senator and crossbench MPs say the money lost from royalties that aren't collected by state or federal governments on Australian gas exports amounts to "daylight robbery" by "leeches" in the gas industry....

The scenes coming out of Rafah this week are unthinkable, as has been much of the news coming out of Gaza this year. The airstrike on a Rafah tent camp this week should not...

By putting billions of dollars towards critical minerals and green hydrogen, Australia is finally getting serious about a clean energy future. The federal government should be lauded for its efforts to make us a...

Politicians and the media pack have descended on Canberra for the Federal Budget announcements on Tuesday night. Over recent weeks lobbyists have walked the corridors of Parliament House, knocking on doors or attending private events...

Support for Parliamentary lobbying reform is growing, after a Liberal-dominated committee foundthat current regulations are inadequate.This lobbying inquiry was set up after I introduced the #CleanUpPoliticsAct, which called for anexpanded Lobbying Code of Conduct,...

Timing is important – and that’s one of the clear shortfalls in the federal government’s surprise for young people with student loans over the weekend. The decision to limit increases in student debt via...

A total of $3 billion will be wiped off millions of Australians’ student debts for tertiary education in an Albanese government pitch to younger voters punished by years of rising rents and consumer prices.

Over the past two months, 288,000 people have signed my petition — one of the largest in Australian history — calling on the government to fix the broken HECS debt system. Today, we won....