Kate in the news
Fresh push for government to act on gambling harm (7 Oct 2025)
Interviewer: Well, pressure is building once again on the Federal Government to address gambling harm more than two years after a landmark parliamentary report known as the Murphy Report recommended sweeping...
Gambling lobby’s sponsorship of Australian parliament’s sports club condemned by crossbench MPs (17 Sep 2025)
The Parliament Sports Club, chaired by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, allows corporate members access to “over 200 parliamentary members” and “key opinion leaders” via social games and functions. Corporate membership...
Kate Chaney Urges Stronger Laws on AI Tools Driving Child Abuse Material (3 Sept 2025)
Sally Sara:What did you hear from victims and advocates about the impacts these kinds of tools can have, the online stalking tools, the notification apps and others? Kate Chaney:It was...
Warning for parents as government vows to restrict 'nudify' apps used to create child abuse material (2 Sep 2025)
Key advocates, such as former Australian of the Year Grace Tame, have long warned that the legal system isn’t keeping pace with technological advances. She emphasises the urgency of criminalising...
By increasing the GST to 15%, we could make the tax system fairer for younger Australians (18 Aug 2025)
Chaney highlights post-election Treasury advice given to Treasurer Jim Chalmers, which warned that current budget settings are “unsustainable” and that indirect taxes could be a viable avenue for reform. She...
Tax reform must include GST: economist (8 Aug 2025)
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver has voiced support for lifting the GST to 15 per cent, but stressed the importance of implementing this change alongside reductions in income tax to...
Urgent Action Needed on AI Child Sex Abuse Material, Housing Reform and Gaza Humanitarian Crisis (28 July 2025)
Click here to watch Interviewer: The government says it's looking at this issue, including regulation of AI more broadly. What would you like to see done now?Kate Chaney: Well, we...
Independents unite to demand home support for 20,000 after aged care delay (10 June 2025)
Click here to readArticle summary: In a coordinated move demonstrating their ongoing political influence, ten independent federal MPs have urged the Albanese government to urgently fund at least 20,000 new...
Kate Chaney Questions 2070 Approval for Woodside Gas Project: “Not in Our Kids’ Best Interests” (28 May 2025)
Jo Trilling: And as you've been hearing, the federal government has approved Woodside's North West Shelf operations in the Pilbara until 2070. It is one of the biggest liquefied natural...