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Larissa Waters
Senator for Qld & Greens Leader in the Senate

Release the Foster report, PM

25 May, 2021 - The Greens have called on the PM to drop the veil of secrecy and release the review by Stephanie Foster into processes for responding to serious ...

Liberals and Labor join forces to fund new coal and gas with public money

13 May, 2021 - The Liberals and Labor have today voted to fund new fossil fuel projects with public money through the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund, en...

So-called “women’s budget” falls well short

12 May, 2021 - The Greens say the government’s much-touted spending announcements for women have barely moved the needle on economic security and safety. Greens...

Privatising Reef protection the wrong way to go

5 May, 2021 - The ‘Implementation of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation Partnership’ audit report has confirmed longstanding concerns from the Greens of a dodgy ...

Greens demand investigation into Western Sydney Airport offsets scandal

28 April, 2021 - The Greens say an investigation is needed into the offsets for the Western Sydney Airport, after revelations that consortiums including advisor...

Tragic week of gendered violence a reminder of the government’s failings

27 April, 2021 - The Greens have called on the federal government to provide critical and overdue funding of frontline domestic violence and sexual assault serv...

Morrison fails women again with bizarre new consent videos

19 April, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison government’s confusing and bizarre “Good Society” sexual consent videos which feature milkshakes, tacos an...

Respect@Work response welcome but devil will be in the detail

8 April, 2021 - The Greens have cautiously welcomed the Morrison government’s long overdue response to the Respect@Work recommendations, but say that the PM has...

Morrison government’s failings exposed as Australia’s gender gap widens

31 March, 2021 - Australia has fallen six places to 50th in the World Economic Forum’s latest global rankings on gender equality, reflecting a growing divide be...

Queensland pays the price for Morrison’s flawed vaccine rollout

30 March, 2021 - The Greens have laid the blame for Brisbane’s three-day COVID lockdown at the Morrison government’s door, saying its failure to ensure all fron...

Cabinet reshuffle is cold comfort to Australian women

29 March, 2021 - The Greens say the Prime Minister’s reshuffle is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic and won’t fix entrenched cultural and systemic issu...

The PM’s reshuffle does nothing to make Australian women safer

25 March, 2021 - The Greens say the Prime Minister’s expected Cabinet reshuffle is another cosmetic response to systemic failures and have called on the governm...