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Elizabeth Watson-Brown
MP for Ryan

Elizabeth Watson-Brown

4 October, 2024 - With the upcoming elections we have huge opportunities to win seats to dislodge the old sclerotic parties and their downright dangerous agendas.

Labor offers nice words for active transport, but no real funding

7 May, 2024 - This morning Labor has announced a $100 million Active Transport Fund with a commencement date of 1 July 2025.  This falls far short of th...

Airservices Australia CEO change vindicates community concerns, but more must be done to address systemic problems

1 May, 2024 - Transport Minister Catherine King has today announced that Airservices Australia CEO Jason Harfield will not be reappointed despite the Airservice...

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...