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Commending Fly the Flag Week led by MATES in Construction

Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion commending MATES in Construction for their Fly the Flag initiative, which encourages construction workers to look out for one another in an industry with some of the highest suicide rates in Australia.

Systemic understaffing and regulatory failures are endangering children in early learning centres

Today in Parliament, Abigail secured 20 Greens amendments to the Children (Education and Care Services National Law Application) Amendment Bill 2025 and spoke on the bill, supporting its intentions but criticising the Government’s rushed and politicised process and lack of consultation.

Standing up for the rights of political expression and speech for public sector workers

Today in Parliament, Abigail spoke in support of a Greens motion calling out NSW Health’s proposed social media policy for seeking to silence health workers who speak out about unsafe conditions, warning that the policy undermines transparency, workers’ rights, and public accountability, and commending unions and frontline staff for courageously continuing to raise the alarm.

Baby Priya's Bill

Today Abigail passed a motion in Parliament commending Baby Priya’s parents for their courageous advocacy following the tragic loss of their daughter, which led to the Federal Government introducing the Fair Work Amendment (Baby Priya’s) Bill 2025 to close a legal loophole denying paid parental leave after infant loss and to secure fairer entitlements for future working parents.

MEDIA RELEASE: icare caught out again in workers compensation underpayment scandal

9 October 2025 Following an August directive from the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) to review payments relating to Workers Compensation Commission (WCC) or Personal Injury Commission (PIC) decisions from October 2012 onwards, icare has identified about 9,400 workers’ compensation claims that may have been underpaid because inflation adjustments were not included.

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