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Larissa Waters
Senator for Qld & Greens Leader in the Senate

Frontline services funding is welcome, but one in four women still not getting the help they need

6 September, 2024 - Today’s National Cabinet announcement brings total funding for the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children to $3.7 billion ...

National Cabinet a test of government’s funding priorities

5 September, 2024 - Ahead of National Cabinet, the Greens are calling for full funding for frontline family and domestic violence services. Comments attribut...

Pollution rises again under Labor, government report shows

30 August, 2024 - The latest quarterly emissions data shows that pollution has risen 2.5% from December to March, and is even higher than it was in the final da...

Parliamentary enforcement body will help Set the Standard

21 August, 2024 - The Greens welcome the belated introduction today of legislation to establish an Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission was introduced...

50 days of free labour, a bad deal for women

19 August, 2024 - On Equal Pay Day this year, women will have worked an extra 50 days, on average, to earn the same as men.  The current national gender...

Google ads policy yet another barrier for people seeking abortion and contraception

19 July, 2024 - Google’s updated health and medicines policy threatens to limit or stop Australian healthcare providers from advertising their abortion and cont...

720 safe places for women a drop in a very large ocean of need

9 July, 2024 - Labor is once again announcing something that isn’t new or adequate funding for frontline services. Meanwhile, Destroy the Joint report that at l...

No changes planned for barriers to Escaping Violence Payment

5 June, 2024 - The Department of Social Services confirmed in estimates last night that there were no plans to reconsider eligibility criteria for the Escaping ...

Nets out of Queensland now

4 June, 2024 - The Greens are again calling on the Queensland government for an urgent review of the state’s system of shark nets and drum lines, after a humpba...

Just fund frontline services already

28 May, 2024 - The Greens welcome the government’s review to improve prevention of violence against women, but frontline services remain underfunded and women c...

Women’s safety not a Budget priority

15 May, 2024 - “Last night’s Budget was a betrayal of women experiencing violence, who deserved so much better than rehashed ScoMo policy and re-announced old m...

National Cabinet a disgraceful missed opportunity

1 May, 2024 - Reacting to the National Cabinet communique, Greens spokesperson on Women and Leader in the Senate Larissa Waters said: “What a deeply underwhe...