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Larissa Waters
Senator for Qld & Greens Leader in the Senate

Greens share locals concerns about proposed Toowoomba North South Transport Corridor

23 November, 2023 - Greens Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters will visit Toowoomba today to meet with local residents and concerned community members opposin...

Moratorium on CSG huge win for Toowoomba

23 November, 2023 - Toowoomba Regional Council has become only the sixth in Queensland to oppose development of new gas wells after farmer concerns about sinkin...

Midwives insurance leaves women in labour limbo

17 November, 2023 - The Greens are calling on the health minister to urgently fix the issue of insurance for midwives, who are currently unable to provide criti...

Student Safety Ombudsman Must Have Teeth

17 November, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Senator Larissa Waters welcome reports today that a national ombudsman on stude...

Greens win changes to Respect at Work costs protection

15 November, 2023 - The Greens welcome the introduction of the Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023 today, which would impl...

Greens secure consensus support to establish menopause inquiry

6 November, 2023 - The Greens have secured support for a Senate inquiry into menopause and perimenopause to understand its health impacts and its economic impac...

Greens to establish menopause inquiry

3 November, 2023 - The Greens have secured support to establish a Senate inquiry into menopause and perimenopause on Monday, to understand its health impacts an...

Joint statement - Urgency needed as five women murdered in ten days

1 November, 2023 - The murders of five women in just 10 days must increase the urgency of governments and communities to tackle violence against women and their...

Statement on the naming of Bruce Lehrmann as the man charged with Toowoomba rape

26 October, 2023 - I believe women.  We know that an alarming number of people still disbelieve or victim-blame survivors of assault. Partially because ...

Time for Labor to listen to its expert women

23 October, 2023 - The long-awaited release of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce (WEET) report confirms barriers to women fully participating in the workf...

First tranche of Family Law reforms pass the Senate

19 October, 2023 - The Greens were pleased to support changes to the Family Law Act in the Senate today that will put children’s welfare first in family law mat...

Jobs for the boys continue under Labor

19 October, 2023 - Lines attributable to Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on democracy Senator Larissa Waters “Reports today that a senior staffe...