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Larissa Waters
Greens Leader & Senator for Qld

PM’s data centre capitulation will push Queensland power bills up

27 August, 2026 - The Greens warn that Prime Minister Albanese will push power prices up 13% in Queensland if he locks in his capitulation on coal and gas power...

National Cabinet cannot keep ignoring women’s safety

25 August, 2026 - Tomorrow’s National Cabinet must show that governments will act on the scale of the epidemic of violence in Australia, before it is too late.&...

Renters can’t cop another 30% rent increase

20 August, 2026 - The Greens have called for an immediate rent freeze to stop renters from facing a 30% rent increase, spurred on by real estate agents and the ...

Albanese abandons disabled Australians in shameful deal with Liberals on NDIS cuts

18 August, 2026 - The Australian Greens say the Albanese Labor government has abandoned disabled Australians in an appalling dirty deal with the Liberals.This m...

Albanese caves to gambling lobby to cut dirty deal with Liberals

18 August, 2026 - The Australian Greens have called Labor captured and the Liberals weak for their dirty deal on cowardly and careless gambling reform.The Green...

Greens call on Women’s Safety Ministers to commit $4.6B to tackle housing crisis

7 August, 2026 - Ahead of the Women’s Safety Ministers Council meeting, the federal government must commit an additional $4.6B to address the shortfall in socia...

Australian Greens thank outgoing ACTU leaders for their service to working people

28 July, 2026 - The Australian Greens thank Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil for their years of leadership and unwavering commitment to improving the lives of w...

A Better Kind Of Power

24 July, 2026 - A BETTER KIND OF POWER By Senator Larissa Waters This month marks twenty years since I became a member of the Greens, and one of the harde...

Fighting One Nation's AI Slop with people-powered activism

24 July, 2026 - Fighting One Nation's AI Slop with people-powered activism By Senator Larissa Waters In this edition, Larissa takes on the billionaire-fun...

New NT child safety laws ignore expert warnings, fail vulnerable children

22 July, 2026 - The Australian Greens say the Northern Territory Government pushed through child protection reforms that will do nothing to keep children safer....

Better is possible – if we’re willing to fight for it

25 June, 2026 - Better is possible – if we’re willing to fight for it By Senator Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens    Politics ...