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Stephen Bates I’ve been thinking about the IPCC report released today. It’s no surprise young people feel so pessimistic about the future. We see reports like the IPCC come out...

Stephen Bates In the face of bigotry, adversity and far-right extremism, we must stand with the trans and gender diverse community. It’s not too late to take action and prevent...

Stephen Bates My statement on yesterday’s events at an anti-trans rally in Melbourne: https://t.co/uGKtoFHm4GShow TweetMy statement on yesterday’s events at an anti-trans rally in Melbourne: pic.twitter.com/uGKtoFHm4G— Stephen Bates (@stephenbatesmp) March...

Stephen Bates The speaker touring Australia has a history of openly aligning themselves with Nazi groups. The scenes today in Melbourne were disgusting but not a surprise. I warned the...

Stephen Bates When I worked at Disney we were being paid $7.56/hr. Magic doesn’t pay your bills. If Disney can afford to pay its CEO $27,000,000, it can afford to...

Stephen Bates The answer is nothing. If governments wanted to help young people they would: - Get mental health into Medicare. - Make higher education free again. - Raise Youth...

Stephen Bates Government’s response to this economic crisis? $368,000,000,000 for subs. $244,000,000,000 in tax cuts that disproportionally benefit the wealthy. abc.net.au/news/2023-03-1…Show TweetGovernment’s response to this economic crisis?$368,000,000,000 for subs.$244,000,000,000 in...

Stephen Bates Cartoonish levels of villainy twitter.com/paul_karp/stat…Show TweetCartoonish levels of villainy https://t.co/BlFpYEGEV4— Stephen Bates (@stephenbatesmp) March 13, 2023 View Original | AusPol.co Disclaimer

Stephen Bates Getting dental into Medicare is costed at $77 billion over ten years. Wiping student debt is costed at $60 billion over ten years. Free mental health care under...

Stephen Bates ICYMI: Yesterday, The Greens secured an agreement from the Labor Government that the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund Bill will not be spent funding coal and gas projects...

Stephen Bates Once again in Question Time, the government highlights how much the fossil fuel industry loves the safeguard mechanism. It’s getting a bit… 🚩🚩🚩🚩Show TweetOnce again in Question Time,...

Stephen Bates Thank you @janet_rice for moving this amendment in the Senate ✊ twitter.com/senatorjordon/…Show TweetThank you @janet_rice for moving this amendment in the Senate ✊ https://t.co/rcT7ENOUEl— Stephen Bates (@stephenbatesmp) March...

Stephen Bates Renters of Brisbane (and particularly those having to deal with the Utopia building evicting you for Airbnbs) what are you experiences of rent increases and navigating through the...

Stephen Bates Yesterday, the Federal Government announced the development of a 10 year LGBTQIA+ health action plan, and $26M in funding for LGBTQIA+ Health research grants. I welcome these important...

Stephen Bates I'm glad to see condemnation of illegal settlements in Palestine in response to questions by @SenatorJordon - the Australian Government must recognise the self-determination and statehood of Palestinians,...

Stephen Bates Opening new fossil fuel projects at this point is just anti-science. No two ways about it. twitter.com/adambandt/stat…Show TweetOpening new fossil fuel projects at this point is just anti-science.No...

Stephen Bates Standing up in parliament and saying that the Minerals Council, Rio Tinto, and other fossil fuel giants support your climate legislation is not the win you think it...

Stephen Bates A thread well worth your time twitter.com/mchandlermathe…Show TweetA thread well worth your time https://t.co/iV3vkJKng6— Stephen Bates (@stephenbatesmp) February 12, 2023 View Original | AusPol.co Disclaimer

Stephen Bates “Responsible budget” has always meant cuts to services and tax cuts for the 1%. twitter.com/jechalmers/sta…Show Tweet“Responsible budget” has always meant cuts to services and tax cuts for the...

Stephen Bates All 36,556 NRAS dwellings will leave the market by 2026. The government says they will only build 30,000 social and affordable homes over 5 years. It’s not enough....