In the media
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Politicans ramp up battle to snare SBS headquarters
Daily Telegraph, 22 April 2024
Kylea has once again criticised the Government's proposed relocation of SBS' headquarters from Artarmon to Western Sydney, saying the move would strip about 900 jobs and significant business revenue from the North Sydney electorate.
Tink pushes right of appeal on federal environmental decisions
North Sydney Sun, 21 April 2024
Kylea has pushed to enshrine the public’s right to appeal federal environmental decisions with the launch of a new report, commissioned by Lock the Gate Alliance and written by Professor Kim Rubenstein and Associate Professor Joel Townsend, in Parliament House.
Labor’s broken promise on environment protection laws
The Saturday Paper, 20 April 2024
In an op-ed for the Saturday Paper, Kylea criticises the government's new "staged approach" to its once-in-a-generation overhaul of the Environment Protection Biodiversity and Conservation (EPBC) Act, noting that more complex, necessary and contentious elements of the Government's original plan have been relegated to a “third stage” with no set date for their introduction to parliament.
Australia’s mental health system 30 years outdated says MP
Sky News, 19 April 2024
Kylea says Australia’s mental health system is based on ideas and approaches established 30 years ago, as she calls on the government to do more. “I can’t help but feel, like many in our country at the moment – that [the people behind recent knife attacks] fell through the cracks, and the cracks are getting wider, and wider."
‘Simpler and fairer’: Albanese flags HECS changes in budget relief
Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 2024
The Albanese government is expected to change the rate and timing of HECS indexation in the federal budget, following pressure from Kylea and others on the crossbench to consider wiping student debts and move the date of indexation.
Change of national enviro law put off, as Dutton warns of 'death of mining'
Canberra Times, 16 April 2024
The Albanese government's long-awaited response to the Samuel Review has been criticised from two sides, with Peter Dutton saying it will be the "death of mining" while others, including Kylea, are urging Labor to go further and faster to protect nature.
Few avenues for appeal as polluting projects go ahead
The West Australian, 16 April 2024
Merits review rights could give communities a chance to challenge large, destructive projects like Whitehaven Coal's Vickery Extension Project, but currently only apply to an extremely limited number of situations under federal environmental law. This is an opportunity for the federal government to do better, Kylea says.
New Environmental Protection Agency ineffective without stronger laws
SBS News, 16 April 2024
The Federal Government has announced plans to establish Australia's first independent Environmental Protection Agency, but "without national environmental protection laws in place, having an EPA is the equivalent of having a chassis of a car without the engine," Kylea says. "It might look good, but it's not going to get us anywhere."
New high level push to give communities the right to challenge big, environmentally destructive projects
Media release, 16 April 2024
Enshrining communities’ right to challenge the merits of large, environmentally destructive projects in law would drastically improve integrity in decision making, restore the public’s faith in a broken system, and lead to better outcomes for nature, according to a groundbreaking new expert report.
Environmental merits reviews would not mean 'green lawfare'
Canberra Times, 16 April 2024
Kylea says the legal system that governs Australia's environmental decision-making lacks integrity, and the public wants it to change.
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