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Larissa Waters
Greens Leader & Senator for Qld

Greens welcome Murujuga rock art World Heritage listing, but industrial threats persist

12 July, 2025 - The Greens welcome UNESCO including Murujuga on the World Heritage List and hope Labor will now ensure its survival by cancelling the draft appr...

Last chance for real climate action to save Great Barrier Reef from In Danger listing

10 July, 2025 - The Australian Greens urge the Australian and Queensland governments to act on UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee’s advice to protect the Great B...

Greens urge Minister Watt to cancel Woodside draft approval ahead of looming Murujuga decision

9 July, 2025 - As UNESCO delegates meet in Paris this week to consider Murujuga’s World Heritage bid, the Australian Greens call on Environment Minister Murray ...

North West Shelf: Explained

26 June, 2025 - North west shelf: Explained  By Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens    I’ve spent my career fighting for nat...

No US wars: Albanese must choose peace

22 June, 2025 - President Donald Trump's claim today to have bombed Iran directly is such a fundamental threat to world peace that the Albanese Government must ...

Greens say action towards First Nations justice must be a priority of 48th Parliament

20 June, 2025 - The Greens have welcomed the holding of a round table with First Nations Ministers and the Coalition of the Peaks today, and called on the feder...

Police should not investigate police over Blak deaths in custody

7 June, 2025 - The Australian Greens call for an independent inquiry into the death of 24 year old Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man with a disability, in Alice S...

Greens Leader announces portfolios for the 48th Parliament, will make women's safety a priority of leadership

4 June, 2025 - Leader of the Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters has announced the party’s new portfolio allocations ahead of parliament returning in July....

Statement on Senator Cox

2 June, 2025 - The Greens have expressed disappointment at Senator Cox’s decision to join the Labor party as a backbencher. Senator Cox advised Senator Laris...

Emissions remain higher under Albanese than Morrison, on the same week Labor approves ‘carbon bomb’

30 May, 2025 - The latest quarterly emissions update has revealed emissions are still going up and remain higher under Anthony Albanese than when Scott Morrison...

Major parties’ climate apathy will leave our reef ‘in danger’

30 May, 2025 - The Australian Greens echo the calls from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the Queensland and Australian governments to take drastic measu...

Politics With Heart

29 May, 2025 - politics with heart  By Senator Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens    It’s an honour to be writing to you fo...