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Larissa Waters
Senator for Qld & Greens Leader in the Senate

Greens stand up for renters’ rights in Brisbane

20 June, 2016 - The Greens today launched the results of their national 2016 Renters' Rights survey and announced a national election plan to protect renters, w...

Greens to install solar panels for public and community housing

16 June, 2016 - Australia's whole stock of public and community housing would be retrofitted with solar panels to ease power bills for low income earners and ma...

Greens call on Labor to commit to an independent environmental watchdog

15 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens call on Labor to commit to establishing an independent environmental watchdog, rather than just saying they will explore o...

Greens’ vision for solar on every Queensland roof to cut power bills especially for renters

15 June, 2016 - The Greens today outlined their vision for solar on every Queensland roof, including rented homes, to drive down power bills. Qld Senator Lariss...

Cutting money from clean energy and approving coal mines is not a plan to save the Reef

13 June, 2016 - The Turnbull Government's $1 billion Reef Fund is effectively a cut from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and is undermined by the Adani coa...

Greens call on old parties to match funding commitment to WA domestic violence services

13 June, 2016 -   The Greens today called on the old parties to match their funding commitment of $54 million per year over ten years for specialist domestic vi...

Greens spokesperson for women, Senator Larissa Waters, responds to Labor’s domestic violence announcement today

11 June, 2016 - "This is a step in the right direction from Labor but it doesn't provide adequate, long-term funding for the sector and falls short of providing...

Greens proud to have more women as candidates than men

10 June, 2016 - Greens proud to have more women as candidates than men The Australian Greens are proud to have a majority of women as candidates in this year’s...

Greens commit to ground-breaking $2 billion fund to fix Reef water quality

9 June, 2016 - The Greens today announced a plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including a $2 billion fund and a legal cap on run-off pollution fix water q...