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Stephen Bates
MP for Brisbane

Stephen Bates

4 October, 2024 - When my team and I are out chatting to locals at events or at their doors, almost no one can remember a single good thing that this government has done.

Greens to force vote on LGBTIQA+ census inclusion unless PM commits to trans, intersex questions

30 August, 2024 - The Australian Greens have said they will force a vote on including LGBTIQA+ Australians in the 2026 census when Parliament returns if the Pri...

Labor betrays LGBTIQA+ people again over Census decision

25 August, 2024 - After years of promises and working groups, the Albanese Labor Government has quietly killed off the inclusion of questions on sexual orientat...

Another broken promise as Labor abandons LGBTIQA+ workers

13 August, 2024 - On Friday, the Prime Minister announced at a press conference that he was going to abandon religious discrimination reform after the Oppositio...

Labor’s budget betrays LGBTIQA+ community

15 May, 2024 - Labor’s third budget has betrayed the queer community with all funding for the 10 Year National Action Plan on LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing disa...

Religious discrimination review can't be a trojan horse for hate

18 March, 2024 - The Australian Law Reform Commission’s review into religious educational institutions and anti-discrimination laws will be tabled in Parliament...

NSW Police prefer pinkwashing to real accountability

29 February, 2024 - The pressure that the NSW Police, conservative media and state government have placed on Mardi Gras to change their decision to uninvite the...

NSW Police prefer pinkwashing to real accountability

29 February, 2024 - The pressure that the NSW Police, conservative media and state government have placed on Mardi Gras to change their decision to uninvite the...

Transphobic Liberals try another stunt to peddle hate

27 February, 2024 - After tabling his transphobic and homophobic bill to Parliament last year, Senator Alex Antic has brought on a motion today to have his bill...

Youth mental health in worst shape ever because of climate and housing crises

12 February, 2024 - New data from the 2021 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia report has shown youth mental health at the worst since tracking b...

Another sitting week, another transphobe stunt

18 October, 2023 - Liberal Senator Alex Antic is up to his usual antics this week — introducing a virulently transphobic and homophobic bill to Parliament. T...

Stephen Bates

13 October, 2023 - This year the Brisbane community has seen just how politics can be done differently thanks in no small part to our passionate team who have d...