Kate in the news
Kate Chaney accuses Seven West Media of smear campaign (3 Apr 2025)
Click here to readArticle summary: Independent MP for Curtin, Kate Chaney, has strongly criticised Seven West Media, accusing the company of conducting a “smear campaign” against her amid her re-election...
Neither major party wants to talk about climate. It might still be a major election issue (1 Apr 2025)
Click here to readArticle summary: As Australia approaches the 2025 federal election, digital advertising trends suggest that climate and energy issues remain a significant concern — not necessarily among political...
All signs point to a hung parliament: what does this mean, and what should crossbenchers do? (30 Mar 2025)
Click here to readArticle summary: As Australia enters the 2025 federal election campaign, it faces an unusually high likelihood of a hung parliament — a scenario where no major party...
Australia’s embrace of independent political candidates shows there’s no such thing as a safe seat (28 Mar 2025)
Click here to readArticle summary: The 2022 federal election marked a significant shift in Australian politics, delivering the largest lower house crossbench in the nation's post-war history. Alongside four Greens...
Doctors call Curtin candidates to account (22 Mar 2025)
In the lead-up to the federal election, Doctors for the Environment Australia are co-hosting a public forum in Curtin with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Public...
Teal towns (22 Mar 2025)
Click here to readArticle summary: Polling seen by The Saturday Paper suggests that independent candidates—particularly those supported by Climate 200—are poised to expand their influence in the next federal election,...
No promises on sheep export resolution (22 Mar 2025)
Click here to readArticle summary: Independent MP Kate Chaney has firmly rejected pressure from a grassroots campaign group, Keep the Sheep, asserting she will not be beholden to lobby groups...
Chaney calls for housing reform (22 Mar 2025)
WA politicians have called on all levels of government to advance the state’s housing affordability and boost supply in the lead-up to the federal election.Federal MPs Patrick Gorman and Kate...
Dutton’s ‘moronic’ NW Shelf pledge raises legal risk, says government (20 Mar 2025)
Click here to readArticle summary: Resources Minister Madeleine King has slammed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s promise to fast-track approval for the North West Shelf gas expansion, calling it “reckless and...
ABC Afternoon Briefing: North West Shelf Approval - 19 March 2025
PK: Now, Peter Dutton says he'll make sure approval of the gas plant’s extension is arrived at within a month of securing office. Here he is. I don't think we...