Kylea shares her week
Week 11: Training, migration and other changes you want to see
The Jobs and Skills Summit is well underway, putting a renewed focus on Australia's workforce issues ahead of next week's parliamentary sittings.
Thanks to all who have shared with me your views on these issues. Over the past week, I have heard from more than 170 North Sydneysiders, including small business owners, employees, contractors, students, training providers, and retirees.
Many are concerned about training and want to see more investment in upskilling, apprenticeships and TAFE. Governments have taken steps to address this with a new $1.1 billion deal to create 180,000 fee-free TAFE places nationwide. I look forward to more discussions about this program in the days and weeks ahead.
Migration is also a key issue for many in our electorate, and I am grateful for the diverse views that you have shared. Some say we should cut red tape, allow new skilled migrants into the country, and make better use of the skills that already exist in our migrant and refugee population. Others say migration is only a short-term solution that masks deeper issues like a shortage of local training and development opportunities, low pay and poor working conditions.
As I said in the Canberra Times on Wednesday, I hope that this week's jobs and skills discussions are just the beginning. We need to look beyond band-aid incentives and enterprise bargaining, to address deeper issues like driving innovation; rethinking our approach to the care economy; and creating career pathways for women, young Australians, and older workers.
My team and I will be taking your feedback with us to Canberra for the next two parliamentary sitting weeks, and look forward to reporting back on our progress. I'm also looking forward to seeing community member Robert Mueller at Parliament House, where he will attend the National Leadership Forum as part of the North Sydney NextGen Scholarship. Congratulations, Robert!
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week 23: Cutting vehicle emissions with our new Private Members Bill
Earlier this year, in the months before the election, I promised to develop and introduce a Private Member's Bill that would deliver better, cleaner fuel to Australians and reduce pollution from our cars. That Bill was tabled in Parliament this week.
North Sydney's Reducing Vehicle Pollution Bill will bring Australian fuel quality in line with European standards, reducing the levels of sulphur and aromatics that they can contain.
Week 22: The National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill Passes the House
With just one sitting week remaining for Parliament in 2022, the past week in Canberra has definitely been full of robust debate, constructive discussion and ultimately some landmark legislative developments.
Week 21: What we're doing to strengthen the Anti-Corruption Bill
Our democracy will only ever be as strong as our willingness as citizens to actively contribute to any debate, and just on six months into this role, the capacity for me to truly listen to the many voices of North Sydney as they discuss proposed or needed legislative reform at the national level is without a doubt the most rewarding thing I get to do on a daily basis.
week 20: Speaking out for our community on climate change
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Week 19: Getting IR Reforms Right
This week, I've been looking at the Government's 'Secure Jobs, Better Pay' Bill, a package of Industrial Relations (IR) changes that was introduced in Parliament in Budget week.
Week 18: What the Budget Means for North Sydney
This week, my team and I have been hard at work determining what the newly released Federal Budget means for North Sydney's priorities, and what needs to be done to ensure government initiatives actually deliver the changes that our community wants to see.
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