KYLEA TINK MP
COMMUNITY UPDATE: WEEK 35 |
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| Kylea with Mackellar MP Dr Sophie Scamps on the Liverpool Plains, where they listened to local farmers' fears about Santos' Hunter Gas Pipeline project. |
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25 hours on the ground with farmers, advocates and concerned citizens from the Pilliga and Liverpool Plains community this week really brought home the importance of ensuring public policy is always informed by those it has the most potential to impact.
Listening to these people share their knowledge and personal experiences left me in no doubt that this is an incredibly well-informed, educated and passionate community that has been facing down consecutive potential fossil fuel projects for too long.
While for some, talk of Santos in the Pilliga and on the Liverpool Plains may feel relatively recent, the reality is many of these people have been fighting this fight since 2007. They are exhausted.
The burden this is placing on their mental health is palpable and ultimately, it is imperative we ensure they know they are not alone. Their fight is just as important as any other when it comes to stopping the devastating impacts new fossil fuel projects can wreak on communities right across our country,
As one of the state’s most important food bowls, the concerns of the Pilliga and Liverpool Plains community are our concerns here in North Sydney.
My conversations with local farmers and community leaders — including former independent MP for New England, Tony Windsor — left me ever more convinced governments can do better when we stop to listen.
We know coal seam gas (CSG) extraction is bad for rural farming communities. It impacts water supplies and quantity and leads to soil subsidence. We know this because it is happening right now in Darling Downs and farmers are sharing their stories.
Yet, despite this evidence, the NSW and Federal Governments continue to green-light new CSG projects that we do not need.
To be clear: there is no gas shortage on the East Coast. At least not one that requires new fields to be opened.
Rather, any additional requirements for gas can be met by upping the extraction capacity of existing fields. Let’s focus on that in the first instance rather than supporting the continued development of uneconomic, new projects.
Ensuring integrity in our development processes is one way to remove the political bias or vested interests which are pervasive in our system and that’s something I can definitely do from the cross-bench. With your support, we'll keep pushing for a different way of doing politics — where communities' voices are better heard in Canberra. |
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CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY WITH TEAM TINK
SUN 5 MAR
8:30AM-10:00AM
HALLSTROM PARK, WILLOUGHBY
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| Join Team Tink in making our electorate an even prettier and waste-free area. |
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STREET MEET
SAT 11 MAR
9:30AM-11:00AM
HIGH ST, WILLOUGHBY
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Drop by to say hello and chat with Kylea.
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WOMEN LEADING CHANGE BREAKFAST PANEL
FRI 17 MAR
7.00AM-9.00AM
THE KIRRIBILLI CLUB |
Join Kylea, Kishaya Delaney, Catherine Fox AM, Julianne Schultz AM and Mariam Veiszadeh for an inspiring discussion about women-led social movements.
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| WHAT'S ON IN NORTH SYDNEY |
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| FRI 24 FEB |
| Twilight Food Fair - last of the season |
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Ted Mack Civic Park
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4.30-8.30pm |
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| SAT 4 MAR |
| Willoughby Pride |
WHERE:
The Iceworks, High St
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1.00-5.00pm |
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| Sat 4 Mar |
| Roseville Uniting Church Trivia Night |
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Online - Proceeds will support the Asylum Seekers Centre
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6.30-10.00pm |
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| Kylea's Policy Priorities |
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| Urgent climate action led by facts, not politics |
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| This is the critical decade for climate action and the decisions made in the next three years will fundamentally affect our children’s and their children’s future |
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| It’s not enough to be the lucky country – we have to be smart as well. |
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Integrity
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| Restore integrity to politics by tackling corruption, dishonesty and discrimination. |
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EQUALITY
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| Everyone deserves respect and a fair go, no matter their background. |
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| Healthy and productive families and communities |
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| A holistic coordinated vision for Australian families which supports communities across a lifetime and reforms and recharges our health services. |
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