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The Guardian
‘Voices of’ candidates and other independents, in some cases funded by the Climate 200 group, are putting government seats under pressure.
Recent blog posts
Calls to change small business definition
December 06, 2024
ABC The World Today, 5 December 2024
Kylea is interviewed about her crossbench push to change the definition of a small business from the current maximum of 15 employees, to include those enterprises with up to 25 workers. The Federal Government has foreshadowed potentially revisiting the issue in the second half of next year.
Teal MPs push for changes to 'small business' definition as election looms
December 05, 2024
ABC News, 5 December 2024
Kylea and seven other crossbench colleagues have called on the Government to change the definition of "small business" from organisations of up to 15 employees, to up to 25, to help smaller businesses comply with new Fair Work laws.
Liberal MP Paul Fletcher sees red over teals, but look deeper and there's more at play
December 05, 2024
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.
Coalition dares to dream about Peter Dutton as PM
December 01, 2024
Daily Telegraph, 30 November 2024
Liberal strategists are charting a path to a 2025 election victory, but "already, Teal seats in Sydney have largely been written off", according to this News Corp interview with a Liberal MP.
Independent raises alarm on social media ban
November 29, 2024
ABC Radio National, 29 November 2024
Despite growing ranks opposing the bill, a ban on social media for under 16s passed the Senate late on the final sitting day of the year. In a radio interview about the ban, Kylea warns that the Bill "doesn't do what it says on the tin".
Australia Has Barred Everyone Under 16 From Social Media. Will It Work?
November 29, 2024
New York Times, 29 November 2024
The New York Times covers Australia's new social media law, noting that how the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question. Kylea has said that law would stop short of holding social media companies accountable for the safety of the product they are providing. “They are not fixing the potholes; they are just telling our kids there won’t be any cars,” she is quoted as saying.
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