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A number of pro-climate action, pro-integrity, independent female candidates are challenging sitting MPs in their blue ribbon electorates. Their campaigns have attracted national interest and substantial funding, but one election expert says it will be an uphill battle in some of the safest Liberal electorates in the country.
Across the country, there are more than a dozen high-profile independent candidates targeting blue-ribbon seats. Can they live up to the hype? @pablovinales @TysOcchiuzzi pic.twitter.com/bX0lUf44pb
— SBS News (@SBSNews) March 13, 2022
Recent blog posts
National Cabinet announcement continues focus on victims – more must be done to tackle perpetrators
May 01, 2024
Media Release, 1 May 2024
Kylea has issued a statement to the media noting that the Government's announcement of $925 million to establish The Leaving Violence Program continues a policy focus on the victims of gender and domestic violence, rather than the perpetrators.
Politicans ramp up battle to snare SBS headquarters
April 26, 2024
Daily Telegraph, 22 April 2024
Kylea has once again criticised the Government's proposed relocation of SBS' headquarters from Artarmon to Western Sydney, saying the move would strip about 900 jobs and significant business revenue from the North Sydney electorate.
Tink pushes right of appeal on federal environmental decisions
April 26, 2024
North Sydney Sun, 21 April 2024
Kylea has pushed to enshrine the public’s right to appeal federal environmental decisions with the launch of a new report, commissioned by Lock the Gate Alliance and written by Professor Kim Rubenstein and Associate Professor Joel Townsend, in Parliament House.
Labor’s broken promise on environment protection laws
April 23, 2024
The Saturday Paper, 20 April 2024
In an op-ed for the Saturday Paper, Kylea criticises the government's new "staged approach" to its once-in-a-generation overhaul of the Environment Protection Biodiversity and Conservation (EPBC) Act, noting that more complex, necessary and contentious elements of the Government's original plan have been relegated to a “third stage” with no set date for their introduction to parliament.
Australia’s mental health system 30 years outdated says MP
April 19, 2024
Sky News, 19 April 2024
Kylea says Australia’s mental health system is based on ideas and approaches established 30 years ago, as she calls on the government to do more. “I can’t help but feel, like many in our country at the moment – that [the people behind recent knife attacks] fell through the cracks, and the cracks are getting wider, and wider."
‘Simpler and fairer’: Albanese flags HECS changes in budget relief
April 19, 2024
Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 2024
The Albanese government is expected to change the rate and timing of HECS indexation in the federal budget, following pressure from Kylea and others on the crossbench to consider wiping student debts and move the date of indexation.
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