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Sky News panel on teal independents and electoral reform
Sky News, 26 November 2024
Kylea is interviewed about the upcoming federal election and the controversial new electoral funding reforms. "What our electorates have heard time and time again through this entire term of the Parliament is we don't matter to the Opposition, [which] has sent a very clear message that they're now not targeting those 'inner city woke seats'," she says. "There's 151 seats in the House of reps. And to be honest, I think all 151 are at risk of a strong community independent running because the major parties have continued on a trajectory which is seems to be completely disconnected with community sentiment."
Potential NSW blackouts due to heatwave
Sky News, 26 November 2024
NSW is bracing for electricity outages as a heatwave is forecast while three of the state's four ageing coal fired power stations are scheduled for maintenance. Kylea says the threat of blackouts has underscored the urgency at which Australia must transition to renewables and reliable storage technology, while Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says we need to build new coal-fired power stations as our existing plants break down.
Does Elon Musk have a point?
The Nightly, 26 November 2024
Nobody opposes efforts to safeguard young people on the internet — but Kylea is named among "a formidable crowd of academics, mental health, legal and children’s rights groups are lining up to warn that a blunt ban is not the way the way to solve such a complex and nuanced problem."
Blackout warnings show urgent need to get off unreliable coal
Media Release, 26 November 2024
Kylea continues to call for urgent transition away from unreliable coal-fired power stations amidst blackout warnings for NSW this week.
Tink targets Labor for phone ban in detention
The Guardian, 25 November 2024
The Guardian Live Blog has featured Kylea in their live blog, stating "Mobile phones are a lifeline for people in immigration detention helping them to communicate with family, friends and the outside world. This is an attempt by Labor to silence a Peter Dutton scare campaign on immigration while silencing any criticism from detainees – preventing them from speaking to journalists, or advocates."
Labor’s appalling migration bill is a ‘race to the bottom’ with Peter Dutton
Media Release, 25 November 2024
Kylea says the government’s plan to ban mobile phones and introduce sniffer dogs in immigration facilities is 'a dangerous precedent' for human rights. She goes on to call out Labor's immigration policies as becoming a 'cut and paste' of Dutton's.
Tink urges voters to consider local MPs behaviour during question time at the polls
The Guardian, 21 November 2024
Kylea has urged voters to consider their local federal member’s behaviour in question time at the polls, highlighting the poor conduct she has witnessed in her first term in parliament. She was joined by fellow community independent Zali Steggall, who said “Australian taxpayers are paying for question time” and should therefore get more out of it beyond “spin and bad behaviour”.
'Detrimental impact': Independent MP Kylea Tink opposes social media ban
ABC News, 21 November 2024
Kylea says she will oppose the proposed social media ban, describing the plans as an example of Labor chasing headlines over substantive policy reform. "If what's being dished up on social media is having a negative impact on young people, then platforms should be held to account for how that content is moderated," she says.
Rushed deportation bill faces Senate headwinds
AAP Newswire, 21 November 2024
Media coverage of the Government's plan to pay countries to accept deported non-citizens, which has been opposed by a Labor-led parliamentary committee on Human Rights. Kylea has spoken out against the bill, saying: “We are yet again here debating a government’s rushed attempt to ensure they can continue to impose their own political will rather than abide by international law."
'It's just not a level playing field': Kylea on electoral reforms and proposed social media ban
ABC News Breakfast, 22 November 2024
Kylea discusses a number of major issues with the government’s proposed social media ban for under 16s — including the practicality of having people verify their age, and the failure to hold platforms responsibile for the content they publish — as well as the highly problematic package of electoral reforms that the Government has forced through the lower house with the Opposition's support.
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