Pages tagged "mediarelease"
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Free, all-age concert will see North Sydney unite to call for a positive duty of care for future generations
Media Release, 17 July 2024
Some of Sydney’s best known new musical talents are teaming up with climate activist Anjali Sharma, North Sydney MP Kylea Tink, and North Sydney Council to call for the federal government to recognise its responsibility to future generations and fight for intergenerational inequity.
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Statement on today’s federal electoral boundary announcement
Media Release, 14 June 2024
Kylea has responded to the Australian Electoral Commission's proposal to abolish the seat of North Sydney ahead of the next federal election.
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It’s time Australia had its own Human Rights Act
Media release, 30 May 2024
Kylea has welcomed the release of a new report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, which calls for the establishment of a national Human Rights Act to lay the foundations for a fairer, more sustainable, and more inclusive society, and ensure the rights of all Australians are adequately protected.
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Statement on motion to recognise the state of Palestine
Media release, 29 May 2024
Kylea has abstained from voting on a motion in the House of Representatives that she believes would not meaningfully assist the people of Gaza or Israel, nor support social cohesion in Australia when it is most needed.
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A budget full of headlines, devoid of substance
Media release, 15 May 2024
The Albanese Government's Federal Budget 2024-25 is packed with headline-grabbing sugar hits that fail to substantially address some of our deeper, fundamental societal challenges such as housing, climate change, intergenerational inequity and domestic violence, Kylea says.
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Continued expansion of gas puts renewable energy transition at risk
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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Statewide rollout of Staying Home Leaving Violence is a welcome step in the right direction
Media release, 6 May 2024
Today’s announcement from the NSW Government of $230 million to enhance support for domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) victim-survivors and expand programs that reduce the rate of violence against women and children is a welcome step in the right direction.
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Finally – an educated adjustment to HECS calculations
Media release, 5 May 2024
Today’s announcement of a new approach to HECS indexation as well as debt forgiveness from last year is overdue, but welcome.
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National Cabinet announcement continues focus on victims – more must be done to tackle perpetrators
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.
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New high level push to give communities the right to challenge big, environmentally destructive projects
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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