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I am in politics to make things happen. The things I am most proud of are the things the Jacqui Lambie Network had to fight for. Here’s a few.
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Judge us on
what we get done.
what we get done.
We're in politics to make things happen. The things we're most proud of are the things we've had to fight for. Here’s a few.
Judge us on
what we get done.
what we get done.
We're in politics to make things happen. The things we're most proud of are the things we’ve had to fight for. Here’s a few.
Forced the PM to give diggers a pay rise
We used the balance of power to campaign in and outside the Senate between November 2014 to March 2015, until the Abbott Government finally agreed to offer our diggers a pay rise.
Fully wiped Tasmania's housing debt
We managed to secure over $200 million in debt relief for Tasmanians, nearly doubling our investment in homelessness and public housing.
Supported the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia in De-merging from the CFMEU
We fought the Government to let the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) take a secret ballot to de-merge from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU). For more than six months, we moved amendments and wrote our own Bill, but they were all knocked back. The Government finally saw the light and copied our Bill to allow the TCFUA to demerge from the CFMEU.
Stopped the Government from Shutting Down Australian Industry
We made the Safeguard Mechanism realistic for high-emitting Australian industries. The Government wanted a target that Australian industries could never have met, potentially forcing them out of business in a couple of years. We forced the Government to be realistic, creating a baseline figure that can be met and will reduce emissions.
Fought for a Review into the Military Justice System
We forced the Government to complete a 20-year Review into the Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force – which was the first time in its existence that it has been reviewed. We then had to fight tooth and nail to get a copy of the review, but we won.
Forced the Tasmanian Government to Open its Books
We used the balance of power to force the Tasmanian Government to open its books for an independent review of Tasmania’s finances, which was the first of its kind. One of Australia’s best economists, Saul Eslake, completed the review, painting a bleak outlook of Tasmania’s financial position.
Expanded the Eligibility of the Australian Defence Force
We called for the expansion of eligibility of the Australian Defence Force in 2023 to allow New Zealand, USA and Canadian citizens who are permanent residents living in Australia for 12 months to join. In 2024, the Government said they would do exactly what we called for.
Forced the PM to give diggers a pay rise
We used the balance of power to campaign in and outside the Senate between November 2014 to March 2015, until the Abbott Government finally agreed to offer our diggers a pay rise.
Fully wiped Tasmania's housing debt
We managed to secure over $200 million in debt relief for Tasmanians, nearly doubling our investment in homelessness and public housing.
Won a Victoria Cross for naval hero Teddy Sheean
When the Prime Minister announced he was going to ignore a recommendation to award Tasmania's Edward 'Teddy' Sheean a Victoria Cross for his sacrifice to save his crew of the HMAS Armidale in World War II, we campaigned in the Parliament, in the media and in the community to force him to back down.
We took our radio ads forcing marginal seat MPs in Tasmania to stand up to the Prime Minister. My speeches in the Senate were watched by more than 1.2 million people online. And we organised a 10,000-person strong petition of Tasmanians to make the issue front and centre for the Prime Minister.
And he buckled. And we won. And now, Teddy has his Victoria Cross.
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Stopped big bank financial planners ripping off clients
We used the balance of power to end shady deals where you pay a financial planner to help you find the best product for you, unaware they’re being paid by a bank to sell their products too.
Protected $8 billion in renewable investments
We blocked the Abbott Government from axing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in 2014. Since I helped save it, the CEFC has committed a further $7.9 billion investment in renewables: bringing down costs and lowering emissions.
Stopped big bank financial planners ripping off clients
We used the balance of power to end shady deals where you pay a financial planner to help you find the best product for you, unaware they’re being paid by a bank to sell their products too.
Protected $8 billion in renewable investments
We blocked the Abbott Government from axing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in 2014. Since we helped save it, the CEFC has committed a further $7.9 billion investment in renewables: bringing down costs and lowering emissions.
Won a Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide
In my first speech as a Senator, I called for a Royal Commission into the way veterans are dying, by their own hand, at a rate of one a week. And nobody was listening. But I didn't take no for an answer.
We took out full-page newspaper ads and organised open letters with Defence experts. I ran social media advertising featuring parents of veterans who'd died from suicide, as well as legal experts calling for a Royal Commission. We organised protests, petitions, bombarded MPs with tens of thousands of emails from their local voters and we chased down the votes of Members of Parliament, one by one.
It took seven years, but in April 2021, what started in 2014 with me as the single vote in favour of a Royal Commission into veteran suicides turned into every single Member of Parliament voting to support me.
Those are our achievements.
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