ABC News, 4 December 2024

The May 2022 rise of community independent parliamentarians is "a straightforward [story] of constituency neglect, which almost always drives the emergence of fringe or third-party groupings in this country", Annabel Crabb writes in ABC News.

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House of Representatives, 27 November 2024

The Guardian, 21 November 2024

Kylea has urged voters to consider their local federal member’s behaviour in question time at the polls, highlighting the poor conduct she has witnessed in her first term in parliament. She was joined by fellow community independent Zali Steggall, who said “Australian taxpayers are paying for question time” and should therefore get more out of it beyond “spin and bad behaviour”.

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ABC News Breakfast, 22 November 2024

Kylea discusses a number of major issues with the government’s proposed social media ban for under 16s — including the practicality of having people verify their age, and the failure to hold platforms responsibile for the content they publish — as well as the highly problematic package of electoral reforms that the Government has forced through the lower house with the Opposition's support.

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ABC Radio Sydney, 22 November 2024

Speaking on the Government's proposed social media ban, Kylea argues that "a ban is not going to work. We have no way to enforce it, there is no technology to bring this into being, and it has been tried in other markets and it has failed."

Listen to the interview from the 2:03:30 mark here.

Sky News Afternoon Panel, 18 November 2024

In a panel interview, Kylea discusses the 'duopoly' at play by major parties in electoral reforms, stating "We talk a lot in this country about equality and equity. What I'm arguing for is that it should be equitable. All Australians should be able to access this political system...".  She goes on to speak about climate targets and her future in politics.

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The Guardian, 15 November 2024

Independents have accused the Albanese government of attempting to “rig” electoral rules in a “major party stitch-up” which the billionaire Clive Palmer has already said he will take to the high court.

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ABC Afternoon Briefing, 15 November 2024

While she has long advocated for reform to improve transparency, accountability and truth in politics, Kylea warns that the Government's newly proposed electoral reforms appear to be a cynical attempt by the two major parties to lock smaller players out of Parliament House. "If [Special Minister of State Don Farrell] is sincere in wanting to move this reform forward for Australians, then introduce it in a way that enables Australians to engage with the passing of that legislation. By all means bring it into the house in the next two weeks, but do not ram it through Parliament. Give this legislation the time it needs to be scrutinised."

Watch the interview from the 3'04" mark here.

Media release, 15 November 2024

Kylea responds to a reported bid by the major parties to rush donation reforms through Parliament before Christmas, which she describes as a cynical attempt at collusion to protect a waning political duopoly. "Quite simply – this is the “legacy political brands” running scared and trying to do everything they can to stop a political evolution."

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