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What I've Done

Since being elected as your community Independent in May 2022, I have worked tirelessly to ensure your concerns are represented in Parliament. 

It has been a busy few years and I am proud of the work my team and I have achieved for our community.

We have worked with federal government agencies to resolve issues for individual constituents relating to: Centrelink, Medicare, Child Support, NDIS, Aged Care, Health, NBN, Telecommunications, Ausgrid, Australia Post, Visas, Citizenship, Passports, Banking, ATO, Superannuation and Veterans' Affairs. 

Together we have resolved over 12,236 constituent cases, delivered over 145 Parliamentary Speeches, held over 650 meetings, and awarded $83m in grants to our community.

Read on for a detailed breakdown of what I've done since 2022:

  • Proposing a residential household battery policy that would see households eligible for a Commonwealth subsidy for up to a third of the cost of a household battery, capped at $5,000, to reduce energy costs.
  • Supported changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts to ensure more Australians benefitted from them.
  • Urged the government to increase the funding for public schools in NSW by increasing the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) - the Commonwealth agreed to provide an additional 5 per cent of the SRS to New South Wales in March.
  • Advocated for an increase in the Medicare rebate to increase the number of GPs bulk billing patients - $8.5 billion committed by Labor and the Coalition in February for this.
  • Supported cheaper childcare for families and extension of paid parental leave.
  • Voted in favour of fee-free TAFE places, supporting Australians pursuing that career path, as well as supporting future building of housing and infrastructure.
  • Supported tax reform, to create a fairer more balanced system.
  • Supported the Government’s $10bn Future Housing Fund to build more social and affordable housing
  • Pushed to make HECS fairer for young people.
  • Voted to cap coal and gas prices to tackle rising electricity costs
  • Voted in favour of 60-day medicine dispensing to help reduce the cost of medicines and make it easier for people to see their GP
  • Advocating for policies that will push down the cost of transition to renewable power and EV vehicles.
  • Supporting independent colleagues who are advocating for more competition for Coles and Woolworths and scrutiny of supermarket prices
  • Worked to secure a community battery in Warriewood to help reduce energy bills and emissions for the community.
  • Supported legislation to remove the fringe benefits tax for new electric cars purchased by employers for use by employees, to help increase the number of affordable electric vehicles in the Australian market.
  • Hosted the Mackellar People’s Jury on Housing to tackle the housing affordability crisis.
  • Supported government programs to improve access to and the affordability of housing for Australians, including the Help to Buy Bill 2023, the Social Housing Accelerator, the National Housing Infrastructure Facility, the National Housing Accord, the Capital Works (Build to Rent Misuse Tax Bill) 2024 and the increases to the rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance.
  • Supported the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 which seeks to increase paid parental leave from 20 to 26 weeks, and the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) Bill 2024 to ensure superannuation is paid on Commonwealth parental leave payments.
  • Proposing a $20,000 tax-free threshold for company income tax to lower tax for small businesses
  • Led calls for reform of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) so oil and gas companies pay their fair share of tax
  • Pushed the Government to fast-track investment in clean and cheap renewables, electric vehicles and battery technology
  • Hosted a roundtable for local businesses to meet Industry Minister Ed Husic MP and learn more about funding opportunities available through the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF)
  • Supported cheaper childcare to support parents to return to the workforce
  • Urged the Government to extend the instant asset write-off scheme for small businesses –which was announced in the 2023 Budget. The government extended this in the 2024/25 budget
  • Voted in favour of more fee-free TAFE places
  • Alongside the Northern Beaches community, ended PEP-11 – the proposal to drill for oil and gas off our coastline
  • Tabled a ‘Save the Aussie Bush’ petition, signed by 25,000 Australians
  • Campaigning for an end to logging in native forests across Australia, through the Forest Pledge.
  • Joined other independents in calling for the major parties to release 2035 emission reduction targets
  • Opposed oil and gas projects off the coast of Newcastle and Sydney to protect our beaches
  • Voted for the Climate Change Act 2022 to enshrine Australia's greenhouse gas emission targets and improve accountability, integrity and transparency in climate policy
  • Introduced the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Expanding the Water Trigger) Bill 2023 to ensure that all gas (including unconventional gas) fracking projects are assessed at the Federal level for their impacts on water resources. Soon afterwards, the Albanese government passed this change and amended our environmental legislation to include the expanded water trigger
  • Travelled to Liverpool and the Piliga Plains to hear directly from farmers and those impacted by Santos’ push to drill for more and more gas. It would poison the land which is a food basin for NSW
  • Voted for the Nature Repair Market 2023 to encourage private sector investment in conservation
  • Campaigned and voted against the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 because carbon capture and storage is an unproven technology, because the impacts of undersea storage of CO2 are unknown, and because it will enable the expansion of gas production
  • Voted for the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2023 as it requires big business to cut their carbon emissions and is vital to achieving our target of a 43% reduction in emissions by 2030
  • Voted for the Fuel and Vehicle Standards Legislation Amendment (Reducing Vehicle Pollution) Bill 2022 to make vehicles cleaner by reducing carbon emissions and pollution
  • Called for the establishment of a ‘National Health, Wellbeing and Climate Strategy’, which has now been established
  • Strongly advocated for an end to taxpayer funded fossil fuel subsidies which cost taxpayers $14.5 billion a year
  • Supported David Pocock’s Private Senator’s Bill – the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023
  • Supported the government’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Bill 2024 for the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions of new passenger and light commercial vehicles
  • Supported the establishment of the Net Zero Economy Authority to promote economic transformation as part of Australia’s transition to a net zero emissions economy
  • Voted for the Future Made in Australia legislation to support review and decision-making in public investment that facilitates private sector investment in the green industrial revolution

 

  • Secured funding to establish a Northern Beaches Youth Mental Health Hub
  • Secured the establishment of a free Urgent Care Clinic for Dee Why
  • Secured a full performance audit of Northern Beaches Hospital, which has recommended the State Government consider acquiring the hospital
  • Advocated for an increase in the Medicare rebate to increase the number of GPs bulk billing patients - $8.5 billion committed by Labor and the Coalition in February for this
  • Secured funding to expand the PACER program, which is the combined police, ambulance and health professional mental health crisis response team on the Northern Beaches
  • Worked with the NSW Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson to secure more funding for drug and alcohol services on the Northern Beaches
  • Called further support for veterans’ health services, including increased Department of Veterans' Affairs rebates for physiotherapists who care for veterans
  • Successfully moved an amendment to the Government’s Higher Education Support Amendment Bill 2022 to help address GP and nursing shortages
  • Worked with men's mental health groups to tackle the high male suicide rate
  • Introduced the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Healthy Kids Advertising) Bill 2023 (a Private Member’s Bill) to tackle chronic disease and childhood obesity by protecting our children from predatory junk food marketing
  • Introduced and pushed for amendments to the Aged Care Bill 2024
  • Advocated for a levy on sugar-sweetened drinks to encourage manufacturers to lower the sugar content of drinks
  • Was a member of the Parliamentary Committee inquiring into The State of Diabetes Mellitus in Australia in 2024 which recently published its recommendations as to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes
  • Voted for a change allowing pharmacies to dispense 60-day prescriptions (rather than a month), so that patients need to see the GP less often
  • Moved a motion in the House of Representatives to recognise climate change as a health emergency
  • Co-founded the ‘Parliamentary Friends of General Practice’ to call attention to the problems with our primary health care network, so all Australians have affordable and easy access to a GP
  • Voted to ensure aged care residents receive 24/7 registered nursing care in aged care facilities
  • Worked with the government to ban single-use vapes to protect our kids
  • Worked with Aged Care Minister Anika Wells MP to support residents impacted by the closure of the Wesley Taylor Village in Narrabeen
  • Have spoken in the House of Representatives on the need for increased services and support for youth mental health on the Northern Beaches

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