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Australian politics has shamefully used refugees as a political football. Vulnerable people, made more vulnerable by our system. Some have lost or taken their lives.

With fellow independents MPs, I moved a matter of public importance on refugees. In response, Minister Immigration Andrew Giles indicated a new approach. I look forward to working towards more caring and human refugee policies.

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The metro independents improved the Government's draft climate change bill before it was tabled in Parliament. The 'teals' also moved amendments to the Government's climate bill, all of which were accepted. 

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The Government climate change bill didn't originally listen to the science. I've worked to put science back into the bill. 

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The CSIRO Megatrends report makes it clear that one of the major trends for the next decade is extreme weather events. We need to prepare. 

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Zali spoke about the original teal campaign: to raise awareness about ovarian cancer. 

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I spoke on my amendments to the Climate Change Bill 2022, which were passed with a sound majority. 

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What an historic day. The ‘Climate Change Bill’ has passed the House of Representatives. While we await the progress of the Bill which now moves to Committee and then the Senate, this is a small win that we must celebrate after a grim decade of climate inaction in Australia. Today is a win for the communities who elected a record number of Independents in the hopes of climate action. I along with each of the metro Independents or ‘teals’ moved an amendment to strengthen the bill, and all of us had our amendments to the Climate Change Bill agreed to.

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What an historic day. The ‘Climate Change Bill’ has passed the House of Representatives. While we await the progress of the Bill which now moves to Committee and then the Senate, this is a small win that we must celebrate after a grim decade of climate inaction in Australia. Today is a win for the communities who elected a record number of Independents in the hopes of climate action. I along with each of the metro Independents or ‘teals’ moved an amendment to strengthen the bill, and all of us had our amendments to the Climate Change Bill agreed to.

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What an historic day. The ‘Climate Change Bill’ has passed the House of Representatives. While we await the progress of the Bill which now moves to Committee and then the Senate, this is a small win that we must celebrate after a grim decade of climate inaction in Australia. Today is a win for the communities who elected a record number of Independents in the hopes of climate action. I along with each of the metro Independents or ‘teals’ moved an amendment to strengthen the bill, and all of us had our amendments to the Climate Change Bill agreed to.

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