The Guardian, 9 May 2024

Kylea says the government's Future Gas Strategy is out of step with global climate goals. "This looks like ‘gas-fired recovery’ 2.0, reinforcing just how beholden to the gas industry our major political parties are," she says.

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Media release, 9 May 2024

At a time when climate scientists are warning we are on track to blast past the 1.5°c warming target, and when renewable energy projects are coming online at a record pace, it is dismaying to see the government unveil what we’re being told is a fleshed-out transition plan – but leading it with gas.

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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.

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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.

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Kylea has signed a joint letter to Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, urging the Federal Government to fulfill its promise of delivering a complete package of environmental reforms during this parliamentary term. The letter comes amid reports that the government is considering delaying and splitting the package of reforms.

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Canberra Times, 16 April 2024

The Albanese government's long-awaited response to the Samuel Review has been criticised from two sides, with Peter Dutton saying it will be the "death of mining" while others, including Kylea, are urging Labor to go further and faster to protect nature.

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The West Australian, 16 April 2024

Merits review rights could give communities a chance to challenge large, destructive projects like Whitehaven Coal's Vickery Extension Project, but currently only apply to an extremely limited number of situations under federal environmental law. This is an opportunity for the federal government to do better, Kylea says.

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SBS News, 16 April 2024

The Federal Government has announced plans to establish Australia's first independent Environmental Protection Agency, but "without national environmental protection laws in place, having an EPA is the equivalent of having a chassis of a car without the engine," Kylea says. "It might look good, but it's not going to get us anywhere."

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Media release, 16 April 2024

Enshrining communities’ right to challenge the merits of large, environmentally destructive projects in law would drastically improve integrity in decision making, restore the public’s faith in a broken system, and lead to better outcomes for nature, according to a groundbreaking new expert report.

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