November 26, 2024
Backing in parents on social media age limits
I hope this bill will prompt more conversations at dinner tables and school gates across Australia about online spaces, finding our way in worlds physical and digital and how we can make social media safer for all of us.
November 26, 2024
Providing financial protection to midwives
This, again, is a fantastic remedy to address the trauma that many women have experienced and help them to utilise homebirth with a qualified midwife.
November 26, 2024
Immigration legislation must not be rushed through Parliament
I stand to give voice to the very people who are rendered voiceless by bills such as this.
November 26, 2024
Crossbenchers take the lead on Whistleblower Protection Authority
Every day we wait is another day that we deny protection to people who put themselves at enormous risk to expose the truth.
November 25, 2024
Working together so everyone can have a merry Christmas
And as we approach Christmas, these groups are working extra hard to bring some joy to those doing it tough over the festive season.
November 20, 2024
Migration Amendment Bill 2024
Legal experts have expressed views that the legislation may not resolve the issue of whether the imposition of the curfew and monitoring conditions is punitive or reasonably necessary. I cannot in good faith support a bill unlikely to withstand yet another High Court challenge.
November 20, 2024
Making sure the NBN provides for regional Australia
We must deliver here in Australia a high-speed, highly functional, reliable NBN for everybody and most especially that we do not leave a single person in rural and regional Australia behind.
November 20, 2024
To save our alpine areas we must reduce emissions and empower communities
Protect our Winters is a volunteer group passionately fighting to save our fragile alpine system, and everything it represents.
November 19, 2024
Elections should be a contest of ideas, not who has the deepest pockets
We desperately need reform to our donations laws to reduce the impact of big money and remove dark money from politics in Australia.