Both as a minister and local member, Tanya has worked tirelessly to make our community, and our country, a stronger and fairer place. Some of her achievements include:
Tanya and Labor:
opened up university places - 190,000 extra Australians studying at our universities including 1,700 more students at UTS and another 3,400 students at Sydney University
improved every school in the Sydney electorate through 88 Building the Education Revolution projects, including the new covered outdoor area at Alexandria Park Community School
continue to be a strong advocate for ethics classes in primary schools
have committed to vote against Tony Abbott's $100 000 degrees every time the legislation comes before Parliament
Tanya and Labor delivered:
Grow Up Smiling, a $4 billion package of better dental care for kids
1,300 more hospital beds and 60,00 extra doctors, nurses and allied health professionals
world leading plain packaging of tobacco which saw smoking rates drop to 13%
the best 5 year cancer survival rates in the world
$95 million for the Charles Perkins Centre at Sydney University, boosting research and training around obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
free Gardasil vaccinations for boys to protect against cancers caused by HPV - a world first
Tanya and Labor:
increased the number of households with solar panels form 7,500 to 1 million
tripled Australia's wind power capacity
tripled employment in the renewable energy industry
introduced a carbon price which saw pollution in the National Electricity Market decrease by 7% and renewable power generation increase by 25%
Tanya and Labor:
introduced a bill for marriage equality to the parliament in 2015
signed Australia up to the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
developed the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children
Despite the challenge of the Global Financial Crisis, under Labor:
nearly 1 million jobs were created
the economy grew by 13%
Australia achieved three AAA credit ratings
there was a huge economic investment including the NBN, research, science, and innovation
Tanya and Labor:
established the National Rental Affordability Scheme to build 50, 000 affordable rental homes
invested $6 billion in social housing to build 21, 600 new homes
provided $550 million for homelessness services
opened new housing services in the Sydney community like Common Ground in Camperdown and Annie Green Court in Redfern
released the Homelessness White Paper that set out a comprehensive national strategy to tackle homelessness in Australia with substantial new investment. A local example of this investment is the Platform 70 project in Woolloomooloo
continue to stand up for Millers Point residents facing cuts to social housing from the state government
