Helen Burnet

Independent MP for Clark, Parliament House, Hobart

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

The Australian police punched and pepper sprayed protesters in Sydney who were demonstrating against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit on February 9.

The police’s use of force to prevent protests is a further erosion of basic rights in Australia.

Learn more: https://t.co/qtrPQNXLZP

[Tony Windsor @TonyHWindsor]

The seat of Farrer has been neglected. Safe seats always are neglected.The people of Farrer should use the political process and vote strategically at the coming by election.
Albury here’s your chance to get your new hospital.

[Greg Barns SC @BarnsGreg]

No comment from the supine Australian mainstream media
https://t.co/XIXGDCYC80

[Doug Cameron @DougCameron51]

Baseless, divisive and excessive, rhetoric from a desperate Coalition demonstrates that political survival comes before dignity, truth and the national interest. Demanding govt ministers cry in public to show support for victims of terrorism is juvenile, nonsensical claptrap!

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

And the biggest compo payout for Robodebt victims is ... drumroll ... Scott Morrison!

Vics get $1k, we pick up Scomo's $461k legal bill although *he knew*
@MrRexPatrick FOIs are back.
#MerryChristmas #auspol

https://t.co/nlbimvJqwQ

[Helen Burnet @HelenBurnet]

An important public notification that, frankly, public health and Tas Government should be doing. #toxicsalmon #politas

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

The government wouldn’t warn the public, so we are. Today, we began installing antibiotic warning signs at boat ramps, as industrial salmon companies dump hundreds of kilos of the controversial antibiotic florfenicol into Lutruwita / Tasmania’s waterways. #politas

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

The government wouldn’t warn the public, so we are. Today, we began installing antibiotic warning signs at boat ramps, as industrial salmon companies dump hundreds of kilos of the controversial antibiotic florfenicol into Lutruwita / Tasmania’s waterways. #politas

[Bernard Keane @BernardKeane]

Sport is one of the most malignant and damaging lobby groups in Australia. And Tasmanians are about to pay a big price for its power.

https://t.co/0YVPj7yRGT

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

Disasters like the BoM website update exemplify exactly why we need to build capacity in the public service and reduce our over reliance on consultants. A robust public service will always provide better value for money and better quality for the taxpayer dollar.

[Bernard Keane @BernardKeane]

Labor keeps trying to link robodebt with the need to curtail Freedom of Information laws.

I took a deep dive into their argument, and it's a load of garbage.

This is a truly immoral government -- and it can't even lie well.

https://t.co/yWeuZbrRdY

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Housing for humans might be scarce, but housing for motor vehicles is abundant.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid in @Forbes. https://t.co/JImhus3RV5

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

Trigger warning: Look away if you are trying to buy a house. Labor’s 5% deposit is turbocharging the 🏠 crisis: ‘The median house price across the combined capital cities is expected to rise by $102,500 to $1.3 million’. https://t.co/BjgfWm8oMq

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

I put forward a motion to parliament today calling on the Senate to recognise Australia's housing crisis as a matter of public urgency.

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

“Do you think President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?”

Slovenia's President, Nataša Pirc Musar: “Francesca Albanese deserves the Peace Prize for this year”

[ASRC @ASRC1]

Thank you Senator @DavidShoebridge for asking questions about how much public money is going to private companies to offshore a system that abuses the human rights of people seeking asylum and refugees.

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

Before it won the 2022 federal election, the Labor Party promised stronger action to curb climate change. Since then, it has approved coal and gas projects that will emit a cumulative 6.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. https://t.co/O3Fy40kP4c

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

“We want to send a message to all authoritarian leaders: choose ballots, not bullets.”

Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, shares insights into the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and tells us why Maria Corina Machado was awarded the prize: “She is an extraordinary example of civilian courage.”

Watch the full announcement: https://t.co/hE4P2myPdZ

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

🚨BREAKING 🚨

Fed Labor has rejected the right for Aus' to WFH. So disappointing the Govt voted against Greens' amendment to protect the right of workers to balance paid work with caring for their families - esp women. Where is their ambition for Australian workers? #Auspol2025

[Helen Burnet @HelenBurnet]

⁦A step in the right direction: @jeremyrockliff⁩ offering a halt to salmon farm expansion and a review, after summer’s mass mortalities and now mid-winter P. rickettsia salmonis outbreaks #politas https://t.co/ImPT6sOoBV