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February 19, 2024

Transcript – TV Interview – ABC Afternoon Briefing with Greg Jennett

There’s nothing about the approach to our borders that’s changed and there’s nothing about the Liberal party that’s changed because here we go again, a Coalition that doesn’t have any positive policies, can’t wait to get its hands on a scare campaign or something that involves negativity and fear-mongering for their own political benefits, even when they know and they’re advised by people involved in Operations Sovereign Borders, that that kind of hyperventilation actually harms our interests and puts people in those circumstances at greater risk.

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February 14, 2024

Julian Assange must go free

We must never forget that, contrary to the idea that our safety and well-being depends more than anything else on secrecy, the reality is that our safety and well-being is at enormous risk when the most grave applications of state power are not held to account.

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February 12, 2024

Albanese Government fully funding WA schools

Education is the great driver and guarantor of opportunity and equality. It’s the best way of supporting social mobility and of resisting the socioeconomic factors that otherwise limit a child’s potential as a result of their postcode or circumstances.

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February 8, 2024

The violence in Gaza must end

Australia has joined other nations in calling on all sides to deliver a ceasefire. Every country has the right and obligation to defend its citizens, but not every military action constitutes self defence. The wholesale destruction of Gaza is not self defence.

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February 7, 2024

Nuclear energy is risky and expensive

If Australia were to entertain the lunacy of civilian nuclear power, we would not see a single watt generated from that technology inside of 15 years. That’s the reality of it.

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February 6, 2024

The Live Sheep Trade Must Come to an End

So it’s very welcome that the independent regulator has made the decision not to approve the re-export of those animals. The best course of action now is for them to come off the ship as soon as possible—for them to come off the ship and no longer suffer from those conditions.

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February 6, 2024

2024 Australian Regional Leadership Initiative Delegation to Indonesia

Needless to say, there’s no more important relationship in our region than the bond of friendship and cooperation that exists between us and Indonesia. The development partnership we share has enormous benefits that flow in both directions, and it dovetails with our work in trade, diplomacy and defence.

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February 6, 2024

Report – International Maritime Traffic

The amendments also support Australia in modernising its engagement with the maritime sector, in line with international digitisation standards, and they create greater opportunities to adopt new maritime technologies.

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February 2, 2024

Transcript – TV Interview – Seven News with Nick Overall – 02/02/2024

This exporter has known for several weeks that they needed to have an alternative proposition and they’ve taken their own sweet time coming forward with it.

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January 31, 2024

Transcript – TV Interview – 10 News First Midday with Narelda Jacobs – 31/01/2024

Well, we are absolutely living up to our commitment. I was very glad to fight for the policy commitment prior to 2019, which was a shift for Labor in committing to phase out the live sheep export trade, a very marginal trade, and the moment we were elected in 2022 it was one of the first things that Minister Murray Watt made as part of his work plan.

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