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Elizabeth Watson-Brown
MP for Ryan

Greens call aircraft noise reduction trial a ‘sham’, call for new trial

7 March, 2024 - Under questioning from Greens Senator Janet Rice, Airservices Australia have admitted their full runway trial to reduce noise over Brisbane resi...

Greens win Senate inquiry into aircraft noise

6 February, 2024 - MEDIA RELEASE Greens win Senate inquiry into aircraft noise 6/2/2024 The Senate today agreed to establish an inquiry into a...

Greens say new late-night A380 service shows need for curfew at Brisbane Airport

29 January, 2024 - From October 1, flights EK430 (Dubai to Brisbane) and EK431 (Brisbane to Dubai), will be serviced by A380s, the world’s largest passenger pla...

Parliamentary Library analysis reveals Labor spending peanuts on heatwave mitigation

22 January, 2024 - Heatwaves are the biggest climate-related killer - more deadly than storms, fires and floods combined. The only existing dedicated funding...

Greens call out Labor’s snail paced high speed rail

11 January, 2024 - Over a year since Labor’s High Speed Rail Authority Bill passed Parliament, Minister Catherine King has finally announced the appointment of ...

Greens secure real public scrutiny on infrastructure decision-making

5 December, 2023 - The Greens have secured significant amendments to the Infrastructure Australia Amendment Bill adopted today in the Senate. The successful ...

Labor’s infrastructure investment review fails on public transport

29 November, 2023 - The Greens have received Parliamentary Library analysis showing that the Labor government has cut public transport spending by almost 4 time...

Greens win significant concession on Brisbane flight noise, vow to keep fighting

3 November, 2023 - The Greens have pushed the Minister to agree to direct Airservices Australia to operate both runways at Brisbane Airport over the water at on...

Labor fails Brisbane residents affected by flight noise

16 October, 2023 - Today Elizabeth Watson-Brown, Greens spokesperson for Transport, Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities introduced a Private Member’s Bill int...

Elizabeth Watson-Brown

13 October, 2023 - Time is certainly the issue when it comes to the major crises we face – time to take real climate action and tackle urgent cost-of-living iss...

Greens slam Alan Joyce’s $21.4M pay - 300x more than staff - while Qantas nosedived

20 September, 2023 - Lines attributable to Elizabeth Watson-Brown, MP for Ryan and Greens spokesperson for Transport, Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities: ...

Greens announce bill to impose curfew on late nights flights from Brisbane Airport

6 September, 2023 - With Brisbane Airport set to double its traffic by 2035, Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown today announced plans to bring peace and a good ni...