Source: Prime Minister of Australia
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: I’m joined by Senator for Tasmania, Tammy Tyrrell. Tammy Tyrrell is a great Tasmanian and a great Australian. And at 12:30, Tammy Tyrrell will be admitted through the National Executive Committee as a member of the Australian Labor Party and will join the team that is our dynamic Labor Government. She will join the team in Tasmania that’s so strong. Tammy has successfully participated in the Senate and been a good faith negotiator making a difference for Tasmania, as an Independent. Tammy helped to retain the Australian Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grants program. She campaigned for a review in aged care. She’s been an advocate about cost-of-living pressures facing Tasmanians and she’s someone who has spent her life helping others. People across Tasmania know her as a fighter. She’s someone who’s warm, genuinely funny and compassionate. She also never gives up on people. She’s someone that I’ve developed a relationship with over a period of time since her election to the Senate, as I do across the House of Representatives and the Senate. She’s someone who doesn’t mince her words. She stands up for people and now she will bring that advocacy into the Labor Party as a member of the Labor Caucus and will be able to sit and participate as a member of the Government to be more effective in getting things done. I’ll hand over to Senator Tyrrell and then we’re happy to take just a couple of questions.
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