Media and Press Statements
With Natasha Fyles' Resignation, Middle Arm Is Now Untenable
December 19, 2023
The Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has resigned after months of pressure over the controversial Middle Arm gas precinct and the fracking of the Beetaloo Basin. Ms Fyles' final few months in office were...
Read MoreQantas Is Taking Us For The Wrong Kind Of Ride
December 15, 2023
More than most countries, Australia is reliant on air travel. 150,000 Australians will head to our airports today- hundreds of thousands more in the weeks to come.Many are looking forward to seeing family and...
Read More#CleanUpPoliticsAct Gathering Steam As Senate Votes To Hold Inquiry Into Lobbying
December 07, 2023
We’re one step closer to finally regulating lobbying in this country, after Senator David Pocock successfully set up a Senate inquiry into the issue late yesterday. I’m happy to hear that the Senate has tasked...
Read MoreAlarming Reports That Alleged Gas Lobbyist Works For The NT’s Chief Minister Warrant Investigation
December 05, 2023
I am alarmed by reports that Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles' senior adviser is also a director and 50 percent shareholder of the lobbying firm representing Tamboran, a gas company looking to frack...
Read MoreThe Victorian Government Just Opened Ministerial Diaries. The Federal Government Must Be Next.
December 01, 2023
I welcome the Victorian Government’s new and improved Ministerial Code of Conduct which among other measures requires Ministers to publish their diaries.If the Victorian Government can do it, the Federal Government can do it.Lobbyists...
Read MoreStage 3 Is Inflationary, Expensive, And Unfair. It Must Be Modified.
November 30, 2023
We must listen to the nation's economists and modify the inflationary, expensive, and unfair Stage 3 tax cuts. Stage 3 would light a match under inflation. It would increase rents, increase the price of groceries,...
Read MoreBox Hill ‘ghost platform’ touted as underground cycling highway
November 28, 2023
A bicycle highway through Melbourne’s eastern suburbs via an underground “ghost platform” at Box Hill station would ease road congestion and public transport crowding, according to a newly released government study that has fuelled...
Read MoreTeal independents calling for transparency in the electoral system
November 22, 2023
The presence of an unprecedented contingent of independent MPs - with similar ambitions to reform the way politics is done - has changed the nature of the House of Representatives since the 2022 election. The...
Read MorePM Travel, Tax Cuts & Rental Relief
November 21, 2023
This week on Q+A… Australia’s cost-of-living crisis. As families battle to make ends meet, navigating the tough economic climate and a raft of rate rises, it’s set to be a bleak festive season for...
Read MoreCalls for airlines to compensate passengers for cancelled flights
November 17, 2023
A Melbourne MP is taking aim at Australia's major airlines, calling them the "mafia of the sky". Independent Monique Ryan wants passengers to be compensated if their flights are delayed or cancelled.
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