Kate Chaney
Kate Chaney on duty to family, falling into politics – and not putting up with crap
Kate Chaney talks about what her prominent West Australian political family taught her, and about being bold on climate policy in a mining town.
- by Jesinta Burton
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The teals stunned the nation in 2022. They could make or break the next government
The seven women who won formerly blue-ribbon Liberal seats in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth promised a “new way” of doing politics. How have they changed the parliament?
- by James Massola
Labor’s gas boost opens new front in crossbench election battle
Teal independents, the Greens and even Labor MPs are pushing back against the government’s gas plan as a Morrison-era rerun.
- by Mike Foley
Boxing has a blind spot when it comes to concussions
The recent Tim Tszyu-Sebastian Fundora fight, much hyped by the media, developed into a bloodbath, serving only to prove that professional boxing on which so many promoters, agents and other hangers-on sponge livings, is a decadent activity.
‘Banning big money, just not theirs’: Teal MPs accused of seeking to protect wealthy donors
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and senior minister Don Farrell have turned their sights on a group of crossbenchers in a debate over big money in politics.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Political donations
Big money to be taken out of politics in radical electoral overhaul
An individual, company or third-party activist group who could currently contribute an unlimited amount to a campaign will be outlawed from giving huge sums to parties.
- by Paul Sakkal
Kate Chaney says Liberals haven’t learnt their lesson as she gears up for second election
Curtin independent MP Kate Chaney is confident the political winds that swept her and five colleagues in similar electorates across the country to power were part of an ongoing movement rather than a fleeting moment.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Net Zero Perth
Perth climate voters get MP on board with net-zero ‘vision for future’
The teal independent, who is glad to be free of “party ideologies”, says her constituents’ action and work will help her advocate for them at a federal level.
- by Hamish Hastie
Interchange makers: show us your workings
In view of what has transpired, the NSW state government has to publish the traffic modelling that must have been done at the time the now-notorious Rozelle interchange was being designed.
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Political donations
Will the Albanese government embed a dark money duopoly or restore trust with Australians?
As we see trust declining in democracies across the world, it is crucial that Australians feel they get to choose their representatives from a full field.
- by Kate Chaney
Teal MPs want tax reform on the agenda as they float support for new cuts
Teals Kate Chaney and Monique Ryan said they would support Labor’s changes but warned wider reform must be on the agenda to tackle problems such as bracket creep.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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