In the media
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Crossbench MPs call on prime minister to make pathway for asylum seekers stuck in 'limbo'
ABC News, 31 August 2024
Media coverage of a crossbench letter that calls on the Commonwealth Government to create a "timely pathway to permanency" for thousands of asylum seekers in visa limbo.
Crossbench MPs call for permanent residency pathway for asylum seekers
SBS World News, 31 August 2024
Kylea has led a group of 25 crossbench politicians in signing an open letter telling Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke that we cannot afford to lose another life to the broken asylum seeker visa system.
MPs call on Albanese government to reverse LGBTQI+ census backflip
News.com.au, 29 August 2024
Kylea is named among the Members of Parliament who have written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Government's decision not to include more categories for gender and sexuality in the 2026 Census.
Super tax bill delay a ‘sure sign’ of issues with Senate approval
The Australian, 28 August 2024
Media coverage of ongoing issues with the Federal Government's the super tax bill. Kylea has opposed both the taxation of unrealised gains and the lack of indexation of the $3 million threshold.
Independents and the Greens are demanding an end to new gas projects
The Australian, 27 August 2024
"Australia doesn’t need new gas projects," Kylea says. "We must accelerate the transition towards cheaper, cleaner energy, not open up new gas projects. This includes reconsidering resource taxation and pursuing policies that help decarbonise and electrify the economy, and that support renters and households to get off gas."
Who's in charge when politicians are behaving badly?
Triple J Hack, 23 August 2024
Media coverage of the push to improve parliamentary behaviour.
Listen from the 2'40" mark here, or see a clip on Instagram here.
What advisers are telling clients about the $3m super tax
Australian Financial Review, 23 August 2024
Financial advisers are urging a quick resolution to the parliamentary stalemate over Labor's proposed superannuation taxation reform. Kylea has opposed elements of the reform, including the lack of indexation of the $3 million cap and the taxation of unrealised gains, which will overwhelmingly hurt SMSFs.
‘Unlike any workplace I’ve ever been in’: The push to punish MPs for bad behaviour
Sydney Morning Herald, 22 August 2024
Kylea says she will work through the newly introduced Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission legislation "to understand how it can lift that standard or behaviour and if it covers things like electronic direct mail that is disrespectful, inflammatory or propagates misinformation.”
Federal government unveils punishments for staff misconduct
ABC Afternoon briefing, 21 August 2024
Media coverage of crossbenchers' responses to the newly introduced Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission Bill 2024. Citing her extensive professional experience, Kylea says the bad behaviour she has witnessed cannot be justified as "banter" nor a product of Westminster parliamentary debate.
Agency to investigate MPs' behaviour
ABC Radio, 21 August 2024
Kylea is backing the introduction of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission, which would be able to issue fines and other penalties for MP's and staffers who misbehave in the workplace.
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