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Jun 6, 2018 09:50AM WST
Sign the petition and send a message to Turnbull - end the cruelty now.A Shorten Government will at the first opportunity, put an end to the northern summer live sheep trade. The science is clear: the live ... Read More
LABOR DEEPLY DISSAPPOINTED WITH MINISTER SCULLION’S RESPONSE TO CDP
Dec 15, 2017 11:25AM WST
JENNY MCALLISTERCHAIR, SENATE FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEESENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES SENATOR PATRICK DODSONSHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND ABORIGINAL AND ... Read More
Senator Patrick Dodson on Repealing 18C
Nov 24, 2016 11:13AM WST
Senator DODSON (Western Australia) (10:04): It is interesting that bigotry is back in favour. Back in 2014 when the Abbott government sought to repeal 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act to allow for all sorts of ... Read More
Melissa Callanan, Labor Candidate for Curtin
Dec 9, 2015 10:29AM WST
WHAT DO THE INDUSTRIES SLATED FOR PENALTY RATE CUTS HAVE IN COMMON? WOMEN
Nov 25, 2015 08:41AM WST
Opinion piece by Senator Sue LinesThe Turnbull government and its new industrial relations minister Michaelia Cash need look no further than Western Australia to examine what happens when workers lose penalty rates. The ... Read More
Letter to Senator Nigel Scullion - Closing the Gap
Jun 4, 2015 12:52PM WST
Today I wrote to Senator Nigel Scullion demanding the Government make a commitment to end Indigenous deaths in custody, lower the incarceration rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and finally take real steps ... Read More
International Workers’ Memorial Day
Apr 28, 2015 10:16AM WST
Today marks the World Day for Safety and Health at Work and International Workers’ Memorial Day, where we commemorate and remember those we have lost to workplace injuries and disease by raising awareness of health and ... Read More
Making Super Fairer
Apr 22, 2015 16:25PM WST
Today Labor has announced a policy that will ensure Australia’s retirement savings system is fair and sustainable into the future.Aside from being good for fairness, they are also good for the Budget, saving $14.3 ... Read More
Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
Apr 20, 2015 14:40PM WST
Many constituents have contacted me regarding the signing of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.The ALP shares concerns about the secrecy of the negotiations and the Abbott Government’s absolute refusal to make ... Read More
Standing with the TWU to Fight for Road Safety Watchdog
Apr 1, 2015 14:05PM WST
I stand with the Transport Workers’ Union in demanding the government abandon its plan to get rid of a vital road safety watchdog.Every year on our roads truck drivers and other road users are killed in horrific ... Read More
Data Retention
Mar 18, 2015 10:45AM WST
Many people have contacted me regarding data retention and I appreciate all of your calls and emails. This is controversial legislation – and I can understand why some people are very concerned about it.I have raised ... Read More
No Lifestyle Choice
Mar 13, 2015 16:53PM WST
On Wednesday March 11, I was flying back from Geraldton, a Midwest WA regional town. I’d met with a number of different non-government organisations, schools and the council to hear firsthand what effects Federal ... Read More
Help Build Communities, Not Prisons
Mar 4, 2015 09:38AM WST
Australia needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask itself WHY? WHY has indigenous incarceration risen 57 percent in the last 15 years? WHY are Indigenous adults 15 times more likely to be ... Read More
No Debt Sentence
Jan 13, 2015 07:10AM WST
After the government’s higher education reforms were defeated in the parliament, Pyne launched a taxpayer funded advertising campaign to attempt to sell the unfair and unpopular policy. Obviously the fight is not over ... Read More
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