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Teals 2.0: ‘People are dying to express their dislike for the majors’
Good Weekend, 18 October 2024
"There are 151 seats in the House of Reps at the moment and 151 seats are winnable [by community independents]," Kylea tells Brook Turner of The Age. "There’s that sort of sensible centre at the moment that’s missing in our political frame... If the Liberals aren’t able to move themselves back towards covering that, then I think there is an opportunity there to do something bigger in the next decade.”
Tink Urges Parliamentary Standards to Align with Workplace Norms Across Australia
The Australian, 15 October 2024
The independence of parliamentary support services is questioned amid dispute within Marles' office. Kylea provides her stance, stating “The PWSS is absolutely there for staff but only to a point," emphasising that Australians want parliamentary standards aligned with workplace norms across the board.
‘Bullying’ allegations trigger independents’ demand for better behaviour in parliament
The Australian, 11 October 2024
Kylea has signed a letter to major party leaders calling on members of the House of Representatives to improve their behaviour in the chamber, citing Anthony Albanese’s remark that an opposition MP had Tourette syndrome and divisive rhetoric used in discussing the Middle East conflict as examples of poor behaviour.
'Poor workplace culture in parliament': Kylea calls for a better federal standard
The Australian, 10 October 2024
Kylea speaks out against poor workplace culture in parliament, stating that the government should "...set the standard for the rest of the nation and it’s past time for change."
$3m super tax edges closer to reality
Financial Standard, 10 October 2024
Labor's $3 million superannuation tax has passed the lower house — without important amendments by Kylea that would have included indexation of the threshold and prevented the taxation of unrealised capital gains.
Time for a check-up: hospitals not yet climate ready
AAP, 9 October 2024
Kylea is named among a group of independent parliamentarians who want Australia's hospitals to switch to safer, cheaper clean energy as part of a nationwide health response to climate change.
North Sydney seat abolition confirmed
North Shore Living, 1 October 2024
Local media coverage of the AEC's final decision to abolish the Federal Seat of North Sydney.
Teals lash Labor for coalmines decision
The Australian, 26 September 2024
Kylea has described the Albanese Government's approval of three coal mine extensions as “climate and environmental vandalism”. “This decision fails young people, and fails future generations,” she says.
Albanese urged to ditch Howard-era native forest logging exemptions
The Guardian, 22 September 2024
Kylea is among a group of independent parliamentarians that has written to PM pushing for environment law reforms to remove exemptions for native forest logging.
The teals stunned the nation in 2022. How have they changed the parliament?
Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 2024
An analysis of how community independent crossbenchers have voted in parliament. Kylea is reported to have "campaigned for a human rights act, on climate change and against bullying in the parliament" so far, and will focus on affordable housing and climate action in the months ahead.
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