This is a Labor Budget - well done Jim Chalmers MP #Budget2024

Dropped by DCCEEW this morning to say thank you for all their hard work on the Budget and our Nature Positive Plan.

Today I wish my wonderful mum, and all the mums and mother figures out there, a very happy Mother’s Day. And if you’re a mum missing your kids, or a kid missing your mum - we’re thinking of you, too.

Making Australia a renewable energy superpower.

We will do better.

Horrific news out of Alexandria this afternoon. Violence against women is a national crisis.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Families come in all shapes and sizes. It’s love that makes a family. Banning age appropriate books about rainbow families is hurtful and narrow minded nonsense.

It doesn’t matter who you love. It doesn’t matter what your family looks like. In 2024, what matters is acceptance,…

We want to see more recycling and less waste going into landfill. That’s why we’ve scrapped the levy on waste exports.

Fantastic news!

How special.

Vida Goldstein fought for women to be allowed to vote and stand for Parliament. I’m thrilled she will be immortalised in bronze. Please consider donating.

Big tobacco’s plan to get people hooked on nicotine. Again.

I was invited to speak at this year’s OzWater conference. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and it’s so important our water is safe, clean and managed wisely, whether it’s for drinking, supporting our environment, farming, industry, or making our communities more…

I want to see a plastic-free Pacific in our lifetimes. But we know plastic pollution is a global problem and it’s going to require global solutions.
 
For over 500 days, Australia has been pushing for a strong and binding global treaty to end plastic pollution by 2040.

We’ll…

Protecting our community is not censorship.

Another great piece of work by Jess Hill.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We will remember them. Lest we forget.

There’s no place in social media for harmful and violent content. We’re cracking down.