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Sponsored Passes

I was elected on a platform to do politics differently with integrity and more transparency.

Australians clearly want more transparency and there are many areas where I am pushing the government for reforms.

One area is around requiring parliamentarians to disclose who they are sponsoring Parliament House access passes to. These passes provide almost all areas access and last time it was made public during Senate Estimates there were around 2000 passes handed out. I don't have a problem with these passes but believe there should be more transparency as people deserve to know who their elected representatives have granted access to - some are volunteers, others are lobbyists, business people, NGOs, union representatives, etc.

Requiring these to be disclosed is something I have been pursuing with the Presiding Officers.

Below is the list of people I have sponsored passes for:

 

NAME ORGANISATION
Harkiran Narulla Sunrise Movement
Sunita Kumar ANU
Vanessa Frida ANU
Kieran Pender Human Rights Law Centre
Professor Kim Rubenstein University of Canberra
David Palmerlee Regional Education Support Network
Sarah Dale Refugee Advice and Casework Service
Kate Seselja Gambling Harm Lived Experience Expert
Paddy O'Leary Country Needs People
James Trezise Biodiversity Council
Selina Walker Yerrabi Yurwang
Professor Dea Thiele Yerrabi Yurwang
Alex Dyson Independent for Wannon
Melissa Beaumont Lee Skip Foundation
Gregory Harford Canberra Business Chamber
Peter Treloar DeafACT
Konrad Michalski Punters Politics
Daniel Wheelahan Universities Australia
Holly Rankin Jack River Trust
Natasha Blucher Asylum Seeker Resource Centre