Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion acknowledging the 55th Bangladesh Independence Day, celebrating the nation’s resilience and ongoing pursuit of democracy.

The boom is on and childcare has become one of the most profitable plays in Australian real estate — and families are feeling the cost.

Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion acknowledging the Australian Law Reform Commission’s 2025 report on systemic failures in addressing sexual violence and called on the NSW Government to take urgent action to resolve persistent barriers to justice.

A powerful parliamentary inquiry has been called into the troubled childcare sector in the wake of a landmark ABC investigation that exposed regulatory failures and serious safety breaches, particularly within large for-profit providers.

21 MARCH 2025 In the wake of the explosive revelations of the Four Corners episode Betrayal of Trust: Australia’s Childcare Crisis, and allegations that NSW is leading the race to the bottom in terms of early childhood education and care provider quality, the NSW Parliament Education Portfolio Committee has resolved to conduct an inquiry into the Early Childhood Education and Care industry.

Today in Parliament, Abigail contributed to a matter of public importance, criticising the Minns Labor Government for its lack of transparency, evasive tactics and insufficient answers during parliamentary inquiries, and called for a shift in attitude to restore public trust through proper accountability and openness.

Today in Parliament, Abigail successfully moved an amendment in support of the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Standalone Regulator) Bill 2025 to ensure proper parliamentary oversight, highlighting the need for a fully independent and adequately resourced SafeWork NSW to address longstanding failures in workplace safety regulation.

Today in parliament, Abigail supported a call for papers to review the NSW Government's bus procurement practices, urging transparency and accountability to ensure local manufacturing, sustainable jobs, and the elimination of modern slavery in NSW's transport infrastructure.

Today Abigail passed a motion recognising the staunch protest roots of International Working Women's Day. 

Today in Parliament, Abigail contributed to a debate supporting best practice labour standards in government contracts and procurement, and moved an amendment calling for additional funding to the Anti-slavery Commission to ensure proper enforcement of the Modern Slavery Act 2018, addressing concerns over insufficient resources for monitoring supply chains.

As the public outcry from educators and parents intensifies in the wake of Four Corners' investigation into Australia's broken childcare system, the reluctance of senior politicians responsible for overseeing the sector to do something to fix it is striking.

Today in Parliament, Abigail responded to a motion on special religious education (SRE), calling for its abolition in public schools due to ongoing issues with unregulated, discriminatory content and the Government's failure to ensure oversight, despite previous revelations of sexism, homophobia, caste-based discrimination, and extremist influence in SRE lessons.

Today in Parliament, Abigail condemned the NSW Labor Government’s proposed workers compensation cuts as a cruel cost-saving measure that will leave countless injured workers without the support they need, while failing to address the real issue—unsafe workplaces, particularly in the public sector.

One in 10 childcare centres in Australia has never been rated by regulators and others don't meet the standards, leaving tens of thousands of children in facilities that fail national benchmarks. 

The moment Emily picked up her son from child care, she knew something was wrong. The four-year-old had been sad for months, but his tear-streaked face stopped her cold. Heart pounding, she pulled out her phone and hit record.