For decades the world's biggest above-ground tank - located 7km from Darwin- has been leaking huge quantities of LNG- possibly the equivalent of millions of tonnes of C02. The leak has been covered up by Santos and the NT EPA. CSIRO and the Clean Energy Regulator have done

Another crossbench win today: 20,000 additional aged care packages secured - helping older Australians remain in their homes with the care and support they need. I know how important this is for Kooyong - and I'm really happy to have secured more funding for aged care in our

In 2022, with a two seat majority, the Albanese government legislated our first climate targets. In 2025, with a supermajority, it’s claiming it lacks political support to update those targets. It’s time for transparency about climate risk and our climate targets.

Religious organisations with NFP status shouldn’t be able to put huge amounts of money into influencing federal elections. As the only Independent on JSCEM, I’m looking forward to uncovering details regarding 3rd party involvement in the 2025 election. theage.com.au/national/i-m-g…

Australians are paying for the effects of climate change already. It's time the govt made big polluters pay their part. The first step is for the government to release its National Climate Risk Assessment report - to acknowledge, transparently and honestly, where we are and what

A gas plant 7km from Darwin has been leaking massive quantities of methane for 30 years. The NT Environment Protection Agency knew but has done nothing. The chair of the NT EPA is a paid lobbyist for the co-owner of the gas plant. I asked Chris Bowen about this in Question Time

Labor campaigned heavily on climate action. This is a national disgrace. How can Australia expect to host COP31, when our own government clearly demonstrates a lack of commitment to action on climate? Shame on the Albanese government. abc.net.au/news/2025-09-1…

Australia spent billions on vaccines, RATs, and PPE during the pandemic. Last month in Parliament, my motion to draw attention to dubious COVID vaccine procurements was voted down by the ALP and the LNP. Acts of collusion by the major parties continue to corrode trust in

Overnight Australia supported the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution. With that step we’ve joined 141 other nations in collective action towards ending the war in Gaza and

Chris Bowen says the net zero transition is our best economic opportunity. A climate target of 62-70% is blowing that opportunity.

Young Australians are bearing more and more economic burden because of our failure to index tax brackets. As Ken Henry has put it, this is an act of intergenerational bastardry. We need to index tax brackets, lessen the load on wage earners, and stop giving subsidies to fossil

Great to see Australian medical researchers leading global efforts to declare healthy indoor air a human right. There are simple solutions for improving air quality and health in childcare, schools, hospitals and aged care . science.org.au/news-and-event…

Santos’ gas plant 7k from Darwin has been leaking massive quantities of methane for 30 years. It took the ECNT, ABC and crossbench to reveal a mess ignored by the NTEPA, CSIRO, Clean Energy Regulator and NOPSEMA for years, and to hold Santos to account. abc.net.au/news/2025-09-2…