[1] In parliament, Wilkie was "heavily involved in international affairs as a member of the Joint Standing Committee for Treaties and the Joint Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade".
[1] Wilkie reportedly supported Kevin Rudd against incumbent leader Kim Beazley in the 2006 Australian Labor Party leadership spill.
[3] In September 2006 he and Warren Snowdon were suspended from parliament in a heated debate on the Liberal government's proposed abolition of the permit system used by remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
[5] The losing Liberal candidate Andrew Murfin had a request for a recount denied by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
[6] Wilkie was in turn defeated by Liberal candidate Steve Irons by just over 150 votes at the 2007 election.