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Update on shareholdings
To stop catastrophic climate change, we must make an urgent and orderly transition away from fossil fuels.
When I bought the shares last year, I chose shares in fossil fuel companies with the intention of using my investment to drive this transition. I wanted to drive change from within.
I recognise that shareholder activism takes a lot of work, and once I was selected to run for North Sydney, I couldn't put in the time I wanted to.
I wish I'd taken action with the shares earlier and now that I’m an MP and have even less time to do the kind of shareholder activism I wanted, I’ve divested the shares and made a donation to Market Forces which focus on shareholder advocacy to drive climate action faster.
I am going to focus on using my power as a parliamentarian to deliver climate action.
To this end, I have an exposure draft of my private members bill to clean up exhaust pipe pollution from petrol and diesel cars. Cars make up for about 16% of Australia’s carbon emissions so we urgently need to tackle cutting emissions from this sector.
Other relevant posts
The Coalition’s attack on the climate authority is a cynical attempt to put ideology over facts – it must be called out Kylea Tink
The Guardian, 27 February 2025
Kylea's op-ed on the Coalition's attack on the Climate Change Authority has been featured in The Guardian. She states "As my grandmother used to say: we are all entitled to our own opinions. But we are not entitled to our own facts."
When does bipartisanship happen? When mutual self-interest is served
The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 February 2025
Reputable economics editor Ross Gittins has described a bipartisan deal on electoral reform as “collusion”, saying the major parties have passed reforms that “advance their interests at the expense of the voters.” He says a minority government would allow independents to push for “braver policies in return for keeping the minority government in power. Not such a bad arrangement.”
‘Swimming in debt’: Sydney’s $14 billion student loan burden
The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 February 2025
New data shows that North Sydney is region with the 4th highest number of students with HELP debt (44,030).
The 12 teal battlegrounds to watch out for this election
Australian Financial Review, 26 February 2025
After the wave of independents that swept the 2022 election, here are the 35 community-backed independents to watch out for as we head towards the polls.
Genetic discrimination ban stranded by Labor
The Australian, 19 February 2025
Kylea has consistently called out the government for delays on the promised genetic discrimination ban, stating "It’s just a dog breakfast. It shouldn’t have been allowed to get this far.”
Reserve Bank cuts interest rates to 4.1 per cent after 13 rate hikes — as it happened
ABC News, 18 February 2025
The Reserve Bank has announced an interest rate cut for the first time since November 2020.
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