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Larissa Waters
Senator for Qld & Greens Leader in the Senate

Greens to power up Sunshine Coast solar with battery-storage plan

19 May, 2016 - The Greens have announced a costed plan to support the tens of thousands of Sunshine Coast solar households to install battery storage and to enc...

Old parties want to gut agency funding ground-breaking UNSW solar research

18 May, 2016 - UNSW's world-leading research, announced today, which breaks a world record for solar efficiency, is funded through the Australian Renewable Ener...

Cape Grim and poll finding global warming a vote-changer show old parties ignoring science and community

16 May, 2016 - Confirmation from Cape Grim that atmospheric carbon dioxide has reached 400 parts per million and another poll showing Australians want action on...

QLD families to be slugged $287m by childcare delay

12 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed concern for the thousands of Queensland families who will be disadvantaged by the government's decision to d...

Government climate body feels pressure to withhold recommendation for carbon pricing until after the election

6 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for the release of a Climate Change Authority report recommending a carbon price, which the Authority decided to...

Budget fails the Great Barrier Reef and clean energy, while further propping up fossil fuels

4 May, 2016 - The Liberals' budget fails the environment and the Great Barrier Reef, cuts billions from clean energy and tops up the billions in hand outs to th...

Budget missed opportunity for public transport and clean energy in Queensland

4 May, 2016 - The Liberal Government's budget fails to provide public transport or clean energy jobs in Queensland and instead focuses on military spending in o...

Greens condemn witch-hunt against voices for nature

4 May, 2016 - The Greens condemn the politically motivated witch hunt against the voices for nature in the government's recommendations in the House of Represen...

Inadequate domestic violence funding which lasts only until just after the election

4 May, 2016 - The Turnbull Budget locks in Abbott's cuts to domestic violence services and subjects women's legal and housing services, which help women escape ...

Greens to expose Labor’s $1 billion clean-energy funding black hole

2 May, 2016 - With Labor announcing a climate policy that seems to largely lock in the Abbott/Turnbull $1.3 billion cut from the Australian Renewable Energy Age...

Greens announce doubling of funding for women’s shelters and call for federal budget funding

29 April, 2016 - The Greens have announced a plan to double funding for women’s shelters and are calling on the Turnbull Government to reverse its domestic viol...

Greens announce 7-point plan to revitalise reef and economy as coal industry collapses

28 April, 2016 - The  Greens say Australia should be planning for a future without coal, not a future without our spectacular Great Barrier Reef, announcing a p...