Today marks one year since the government party room decided to conduct a damaging, expensive, and divisive postal survey on the rights of LGBTIQ Australians. Labor blocked the marriage plebiscite in the Senate because we knew that a public vote on human rights would be wasteful, and more importantly, harmful.
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Read MoreReports in the Australian Financial Review today that kindy funding is under threat reveal that the the Turnbull government is completely out-of-touch. Under Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberals, federal funding for kindy was due to run out at the end of this year. Now, they've extended the funding, but only to the end of 2019.
Read MoreToday’s release of Mission Australia’s 2017 Youth Survey results is a reminder of the Turnbull Government’s failure to address housing affordability and homelessness for young people. According to the report, nearly 1 in 6 young people surveyed have experienced a type of homelessness. This includes time with no fixed address, living in a refuge or transitional accommodation, and time spent couch surfing.
Read MoreTerri Butler MP is looking forward to attending the 22nd annual Morningside Festival, and presenting the prizes for the colouring in competition, this Sunday. “Over the last 22 years, the Morningside Festival has become an institution for many Southsiders,” Ms Butler said.
Read MoreTerri Butler MP looks forward to attending Grandparents’ Day at St Joachim’s Primary School in Holland Park tomorrow. “St Joachim’s is such a wonderful local school, and I’m very excited to be joining them for their Grandparents’ Day celebrations,” she said.
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