Media & Press Statements

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,...

Timing is important – and that’s one of the clear shortfalls in the federal government’s surprise for young people with student loans over the weekend. The decision to limit increases in student debt via...

A total of $3 billion will be wiped off millions of Australians’ student debts for tertiary education in an Albanese government pitch to younger voters punished by years of rising rents and consumer prices....

Over the past two months, 288,000 people have signed my petition — one of the largest in Australian history — calling on the government to fix the broken HECS debt system. Today, we won....

Thirty-two women have been killed by men’s violence this year alone. I alongside members of the crossbench wrote to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action to stop violence against women.  

The news today that HECS debts are set to increase by 4.8 percent on 1 June will send chills down the spines of the 2.9 million Australians with a HECS debt.After months of pressure...

We are facing a housing crisis and a climate crisis. The Government must not give Australians a HECS crisis as well. Last month, I started a petition calling on the Government to make HECS...

The Albanese government is expected to change the rate and timing of HECS indexation in the federal budget as people grappling with massive student debt brace for another large rise in June. Kooyong independent...

Members of the crossbench have today sent the following open letter to Minister Plibersek requesting major environmental reforms are introduced as a full package before the end of this parliamentary term.