Kate in the news
AI now used in one in four cases of image-based child sexual abuse, first national study finds (7 July 2026)
New research has provided the first population-level estimate of how often artificial intelligence is involved in the online sexual victimisation of Australian children, prompting calls for a faster and more...
Streaming platforms to show unlimited gambling ads under Labor’s new laws (4 July 2026)
Labor’s proposed gambling advertising laws are facing fresh criticism after it emerged they would loosen current restrictions on wagering ads during live sport on streaming platforms. While the government has...
Teal MPs release policy paper for plastic packaging overhaul, back producer-pays scheme (1 July 2026)
Kate Chaney and Sophie Scamps have launched a joint push to overhaul Australia’s packaging system and make plastic producers pay for the pollution and waste they create. The two Teal...
Labor to introduce gambling reforms (30 June 2026)
The federal government is set to introduce its long-awaited gambling advertising legislation into Parliament this week, but anti-gambling advocates and crossbench MPs say the proposed reforms fall well short of...
Chaney turns down new party as Spender, Steggall's splashy launch leaves questions unanswered (25 June 2026)
Kate Chaney has distanced herself, for now, from the new political party launched by former Teal colleagues Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender, saying she does not see any immediate benefit...
Gambling reform advocates rubbish consultation process as government prepares to table legislation (22 June 2026)
Health experts and crossbench MPs have criticised the federal government’s consultation process on proposed gambling advertising reforms, describing it as rushed, opaque and inadequate. The draft laws, released in May...
ALP backdown: critics of CGT will get to speak (13 June 2026)
The Albanese government has partially reversed its decision to exclude some critics of its new tax bill from a parliamentary inquiry in Sydney next week, following backlash over the short...
Kate Chaney criticises government's proposed gambling advertising changes (12 June 2026)
Independent MP Kate Chaney says she's concerned the government's crackdown on gambling advertising could expose kids in WA to gambling ads at an earlier time to children in the eastern...
Perth MPs in One Nation’s sights hit back as Hanson show leaves town (12 June 2026)
West Australian Labor MPs have criticised Pauline Hanson after the One Nation leader said her party would target the federal Labor seats of Brand and Cowan at the next election....