Media and Press Statements

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's announcement this week that he would scrap the 2030 emissions reduction target has reignited debate around climate action - not just with the Government but with the Greens and independent...

Teal independents have accused Peter Dutton of putting the country’s economic and environmental future at risk by abandoning the Paris Agreement, while sharpening their pre-election attack lines on the Liberal Party as it seeks...

660 000 Australians are participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and 400 000 work in NDIS-related jobs. Our country needs the NDIS, but it’s expanded too quickly in recent years, as state-based services...

The industry is rapidly strangling our planet,’ says Andrew Wilkie, who joins Allegra Spender, Sophie Scamps, Zali Steggall and Monique Ryan in call for ban. At least nine independent MPs and the Greens have backed...

After working with NDIS Minister Bill Shorten and the NDIA, I’m pleased to say that four of my amendments to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1)...

An independent senator and crossbench MPs say the money lost from royalties that aren't collected by state or federal governments on Australian gas exports amounts to "daylight robbery" by "leeches" in the gas industry....

The scenes coming out of Rafah this week are unthinkable, as has been much of the news coming out of Gaza this year. The airstrike on a Rafah tent camp this week should not...

By putting billions of dollars towards critical minerals and green hydrogen, Australia is finally getting serious about a clean energy future. The federal government should be lauded for its efforts to make us a...

Politicians and the media pack have descended on Canberra for the Federal Budget announcements on Tuesday night. Over recent weeks lobbyists have walked the corridors of Parliament House, knocking on doors or attending private events...

Support for Parliamentary lobbying reform is growing, after a Liberal-dominated committee foundthat current regulations are inadequate.This lobbying inquiry was set up after I introduced the #CleanUpPoliticsAct, which called for anexpanded Lobbying Code of Conduct,...