@greens MP for Brisbane. Fighting for climate action, universal public services, a cleaner democracy, and equality. đłď¸âđProud.
Joined February 2022
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19 Jan 2024
You can always check out what I'm up to and our upcoming events, doorknocks and free community BBQs at my Linktree! linktr.ee/stephenbates.greenâŚ
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Absolutely wild. When the gov and opposition team up to ram a bill through parliament with a 24 hour consultation period, you know somethingâs up.
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In a word? Grim.
Tomorrow, the fight for a fairer and more just world continues.
It is never going to be easy but itâs a fight we must have.
Neoliberalism is incapable of saving us from the far right, fascism, and climate change.
Bold, structural change is our only hope.
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Stephen Bates retweeted
5 Nov 2024
People with student debt are hurting. This down payment on wiping all student debt can't be held to ransom until after the next election.
The PM says he wants the next government to cut debts, but he could do it now.
Today I wrote to the PM, offering to pass the cuts this year.
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31 Oct 2024
And so it begins.
Nothing liberal left in the 2024 Liberal National party.
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Stephen Bates retweeted
22 Oct 2024
If you want to help people buy a home, then Labor should work with the Greens to phase out negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, and establish a government owned developer to build quality homes and sell them for cheap to first home buyers.
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14 Oct 2024
The shift of QLD Labor to adopt numerous Greens policies (or float them in the media) shows the power that comes from threatening the two party system.
QLD Laborâs announcement of free school meals for children in state primary schools is a prime example of this.
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The longer the two party system reigns, the worse outcomes we get, and the realm of whatâs possible continues to shrink.
The continuing and cementing existence (and political threat) of The Greens in QLD politics has already shifted the Overton window.
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Voting Greens means you not only elect a representative who doesnât take corporate money and fights for the communityâs interest, youâll also force a more progressive Labor party.
If you want a more progressive politics in QLD, itâs time to vote Greens.
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Stephen Bates retweeted
23 Sep 2024
Woolworths and Coles have been caught red-handed price gouging during a cost-of-living crisis, and Laborâs been asleep at the wheel. These corporate villains are profiting off fake discounts and ripping off Australians.
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Stephen Bates retweeted
19 Sep 2024
Just so we're clear. This project is being in part funded by the $2 billion social housing acceletor - that's part of the $3 billion of direct investment in social housing the Greens secured in return for PASSING Labor's Housing Fund that still hasn't built a single home.
19 Sep 2024
While others are blocking, we're busy building.
Work is about to start on this project to deliver 490 new social and affordable homes for Cairns.
Housing changes lives, and weâre determined to get more homes built.
Because unlike the Liberals and Greens, we know that Australians canât wait for new housing.
More public housing. More homes to rent. More home ownership.
We wonât stop working to make sure every Australian has the security and safety of a roof over their head.
Community note
The Senate voted against a suspension of standing orders. The Senate did not vote to block the Help to Buy Bill
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Stephen Bates retweeted
17 Sep 2024
The Whitlam Gov introduced free university, the precursor to Medicare, and oversaw a mass build of public housing. Why, in the middle of the worst housing crisis in generations, should renters accept worse than scraps from a Labor party that has forgotten they are in gov
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8 Sep 2024
After weeks of pressure from the LGBTIQA community, this shift by the government to include questions on sexual orientation and gender in the census is positive but still leaves the intersex community behind.
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8 Sep 2024
I strongly urge the government to keep working with the ABS and the expert LGBTIQ advisory panel to ensure that a question on variations of sex characteristics is in the next census.
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8 Sep 2024
The Greens will be seeking a meeting with the Minister about the ABSâ recommendations regarding questions on variations of sex characteristics and to understand how the government plans to work with the intersex community going forward.
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6 Sep 2024
How are these questions remotely complicated?
I trust the ABS and the expert panel put together for these questions in the census more than I trust the vibes-based approach of the PM.
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