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Kylea's last hurrah: Electoral watchdog tweaks boundaries and scraps North Sydney

The Weekly Times, 18 September 2024

Local media coverage of the Australian Electoral Commission's boundary redistribution decision and TeamTINK's community gathering.

Read the front-page article here.

North Sydney MP calls for AEC reform after seat abolished

ABC Radio, 16 September 2024

Kylea tells ABC's Craig Reucassel that she is disappointed that the two seats abolished — North Sydney and Higgins — were held by women. "I believe the AEC was working within the framework that it currently has, but I can't help but think that that framework is flawed," she says.

Listen to the interview here.

Technology-Facilitated Abuse: The Hidden Danger in our Digital Lives

North Shore Mums, 12 September 2024

Kylea urges parents to beware technology-facilitated abuse and to talk to their families about what respectful relationships and problematic behaviour looks like.

Read the article here.

‘Greatest honour’: Kylea Tink on representing North Sydney

Daily Telegraph, 12 September 2024

"I continue to believe that the two major parties do not represent the best of us as a nation," Kylea says. "I believe all of us Australians have a responsibility to turn up and work together to try and make sure that the country that we leave for our kids is better than the country that we were born into."

Watch the news segment here.

Statement on AEC boundary announcement

Media release, 12 September 2024

Kylea Tink MP, Independent Federal Member for North Sydney, has responded to today’s decision by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) confirming the electorate of North Sydney is to be abolished.

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MPs urge tougher standards for politicians acting badly

Canberra Times, 10 September 2024

Laws setting up an independent Parliamentary Standards Commission have passed the lower house, but some fear they may not be strong enough to truly enforce behavioural standards. Kylea says putting the parliamentary privileges committee in charge of sanctioning MPs "is like asking arsonists to put out their own fires, and means there is no guarantee that disciplinary actions will be impactful".

Read the article here.

Teals demand 75pc emissions cut target by 2035

The Australian, 10 September 2024

“Our country’s 2035 emissions target must be in line with global efforts to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of keeping warming below two degrees Celsius," Kylea says. “Anything less than an ambitious, legislated 2035 target would not only be detrimental to our economy, the cost of living and our environment, but would ultimately be a slap in the face to future generations.”

Read the article here.

Watered down parliamentary watchdog ‘doesn’t pass the pub test’

The Guardian, 10 September 2024

The Albanese government has been accused of watering down its proposed independent parliamentary standards commission. "Politics seems to have gotten in the way of a better outcome here and I don’t believe the majority of Australians would be satisfied by that," Kylea says.

Read the article here.

Independent MP Kylea Tink questions government on ATO debt collection processes

The Guardian, 9 September 2024

Kylea rose in Question Time on Monday to ask about the 'ATO’s aggressive debt enforcement action' against small businesses. Treasurer Jim Chalmers responded: 'We know it’s a tough time for them. And we want the ATO to recognise that as well'

Watch the recording here.

'Urgency and directness’: Inside Labor’s courting of the teal independents

The Saturday Paper, 7 September 2024

Politics was changed in the 47th parliament in a way the major parties are still grappling with. “I do think that the government has made a concerted effort to recognise the potential of people like myself in the House," Kylea says. "I’m not saying I’m getting preferential treatment at all, but I think I would describe it as a constructive relationship.”

Read the article here.

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