In the media
The Sydney Morning Herald
Voters will be asked to trust a growing field of independent candidates to decide who forms government if there’s a hung Parliament after the federal election, with prominent challengers declining to say whether they would back Labor or the Liberals.
“I would talk to all those with aspirations to be the government and I would be inclined to give certainty to the party which comes closest to meeting the core and key principles of my platform,” she [Kylea Tink] said.
Recent blog posts
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.
Australia’s mental health system 30 years outdated says MP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.
Change of national enviro law put off, as Dutton warns of 'death of mining'
April 16, 2024
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.
Few avenues for appeal as polluting projects go ahead
April 16, 2024
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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