In the media
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Tink asks treasurer about decision not to raise jobseeker in the budget
The Guardian, 28 May 2024
Kylea has asked the Government to explain why it has decided not to heed recommendations of the Economic Inclusion Advisement Committee about raising the rate of jobseeker.
Electric buses are coming to Willoughby!
Willoughby Living, 28 May 2024
Local media coverage of the $115 million in Commonwealth funding for a brand new electric bus depot in Macquarie Park, and upgrades to existing bus depots in Willoughby and North Sydney. "Electrification of our public transport network will bring quieter, more sustainable transport options, and improve the commute for our community," Kylea says.
Kylea Tink proposes superannuation reform amendment
2CR, 24 May 2024
Australian-Chinese media coverage of Kylea's amendments to the Government's Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions legislation.
Cost of living relief
The Weekly Times, 22 May 2024
Kylea shares her thoughts on measures introduced in the Federal Budget 2024-25, including the $300 energy rebate for every household, which will cost taxpayers a total of $3.5 billion.
Labor’s deportation bill shelved in Senate stand-off
Sydney Morning Herald, 16 May 2024
Labor has shelved its controversial deportation bill that would have forced non-citizens — including those seeking asylum — to choose between deportation or jail. Kylea is urging the government to drop the bill entirely.
Labor and Greens gag debate on fuel efficiency standards in deal on offshore gas bill
The Guardian, 16 May 2024
Three bills — on fuel efficiency standards, offshore gas and the petroleum resource rent tax — have passed through parliament without being debated, under a deal struck between Labor and the Greens. Kylea has criticised the lack of transparancy as antithetical to the principles of democracy.
Div 296 labelled an SMSF attack
Self Managed Super, 16 May 2024
Media coverage of a parliamentary debate in which Kylea raises concerns that the proposed Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions legislation is "designed to ... preference the large commercial superannuation entities, as those can better be influenced by the government of the day in terms of priority areas for national investment."
Debate rages in parliament over super tax bill
SMSF Adviser, 16 May 2024
Kylea is seeking to amend the Government's new $3 million super tax legislation to address concerns over the inclusion of unrealised capital gains and the lack of indexation.
A budget full of headlines, devoid of substance
Media release, 15 May 2024
The Albanese Government's Federal Budget 2024-25 is packed with headline-grabbing sugar hits that fail to substantially address some of our deeper, fundamental societal challenges such as housing, climate change, intergenerational inequity and domestic violence, Kylea says.
Teal MP ‘dismayed’ by government’s new gas strategy
The Guardian, 9 May 2024
Kylea says the government's Future Gas Strategy is out of step with global climate goals. "This looks like ‘gas-fired recovery’ 2.0, reinforcing just how beholden to the gas industry our major political parties are," she says.
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