Kate in the news
Chaney’s live export reversal ‘not motivated by reelection’ (12 July 2024)
Click here to read Article summary: West Australian independent Kate Chaney has firmly denied that her last-minute decision to oppose the Albanese government’s live sheep export ban was driven by...
ABC RN Breakfast: Gambling Ads and Domestic Violence: a Call for Stronger Action (10 July 2024)
Interviewer: Well, there's a good chance you missed it last week, but Parliament passed what's known as the prominence and Anti-siphoning Bill. The new laws support free TV services and...
Chaney goes in to bat for Yirra Yaakin (6 July 2024)
Subiaco-based Aboriginal theatre company Yirra Yaakin was front and centre of a recent debate in federal parliament. Curtin MP Kate Chaney spruiked the local indigenous group last week while discussing...
Local DV crisis laid bare (6 July 2024)
WA Police statistics show that domestic violence is rising across the western suburbs. In most suburbs, assault by a family member is far more common than assault by a nonfamily...
UK election betting scandal exposes 'outrageous' gaps in Australia (4 July 2024)
Click here Article summary: Australian politicians and staffers are remarkably not technically banned from betting on elections. WA Independent Kate Chaney urgently wants that to change.The engulfing the British general...
‘Broad community support’ for gambling advertisement ban (27 June 2024)
Click here Related article: A third of Australian bets found to be placed by problem gamblers amid warning of ‘predatory’ industry (25 June 2024)
A third of Australian bets found to be placed by problem gamblers amid warning of ‘predatory’ industry (25 June 2024)
Click hereArticle summary: The number of Australians betting on sport has doubled in the past five years, with a third of all betting expenditure attributed to problem gamblers, as revealed...
Australia needs a national identity based on civic belonging, not ethnic or religious exclusion (23 June 2024)
Click here Article summary: The article explores the growing trend of people worldwide longing for a return to an idealised past, believing it will solve current issues, but this hope...
Wrong power to the people (22 June 2024)
Nuclear power for Australia would be slow, expensive and uncertain, Kate Chaney said on the day Peter Dutton announced the Liberals plan for a nuclear Australia. She said people in...
Labor under pressure from within to act on gambling reform as one-year anniversary of landmark report nears (20 June 2024)
Click hereArticle summary: The Albanese government faces increasing pressure from crossbenchers, gambling harm advocates, and even some Labor insiders to expedite action on gambling reform. This comes as the one-year...