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Larissa Waters
Senator for Qld & Greens Leader in the Senate

Tampon tax must go – old parties need to get with the times and get rid of sexist tax

9 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens are disappointed that both the old parties are giving up on ending the tampon tax. Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Green...

Greens put forward national environment watchdog

7 June, 2016 - The Greens today announced a plan for a new independent environment watchdog, the National Environment Protection Authority, and a new generation...

Greens commit funds to protect native wildlife on World Environment Day

6 June, 2016 - On World Environment Day today, the Greens launched their $2.1 billion election policy to protect native wildlife and biodiversity.   “The Austra...

Greens put Queensland’s native wildlife on the election agenda on World Environment Day

5 June, 2016 - On World Environment Day today, the Greens launched their $2.1 billion national election policy to protect native wildlife, which would help brin...

Greens call on old parties to match announcement of $2 billion for Cross River Rail

2 June, 2016 - The Greens today announced $2 billion over four years for Cross River Rail to boost public transport services across South East Queensland and ar...

Greens double firefighters to deal with extreme bushfires in a warming world

1 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens today announced a $370 million plan to adapt to global warming which includes a commitment to doubling the number of paid f...

Labor must rule out $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility going to fossil fuel projects

31 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on Labor to rule out funding fossil fuel projects from the $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Facilit...

Labor’s Reef policy fails on coral bleaching, just as the Coalition’s does

30 May, 2016 - Labor's Great Barrier Reef water quality policy announced today fails to deal with the real cause of coral bleaching - the mining and burning of ...

Greens launch RenewQld – a multi-billion plan for thousands of clean-energy jobs across the state

29 May, 2016 - Greens Leader Richard Di Natale today announced RenewQld – a plan to generate $53 billion in clean-energy investment in the state over the next 1...

Censorship of UN climate report to edit out Great Barrier Reef leaves questions for Hunt

27 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens condemn the Turnbull Government for overseeing the censorship of a UN climate change report to remove all mention of the Gr...

Greens commit $5 billion in long-term, secure funding for domestic violence services

26 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today announced a $5 billion plan over ten years to provide long-term, secure funding for domestic violence services, ...