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Larissa Waters
Senator for Qld & Greens Leader in the Senate

Gutting CSIRO climate science is the enemy of innovation

4 February, 2016 - News that the Turnbull Liberal Government is sacking more CSIRO scientists, gutting climate science in Australia, shows what a climate-denial...

Qld Labor approves Southern Hemisphere’s largest coal mine to cook the Reef and the planet

3 February, 2016 - The Queensland Labor Government's approval of the Adani Carmichael mine is a climate pollution disaster, which threatens our Great Barrier Re...

Senate agrees 150 days without a Sex Discrimination Commissioner in unacceptable

3 February, 2016 - The Senate has passed an Australian Greens motion calling on the Turnbull Liberal Government to hurry up and appoint a Sex Discrimination Com...

Greens Senate Inquiry into the exposure of Australians’ investments to the carbon bubble

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today established a Senate Inquiry into how transparently companies report their investments in fossil fuels and t...

Turnbull Government repeats Abbott’s trick in gutting the board of the Renewable Energy Agency

2 February, 2016 - The Liberal Government is trying to stifle the independence of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency by neglecting to appoint new board memb...

Liberal Government’s global warming policy ineffective and unfunded

1 February, 2016 - Reports today confirm the Liberal Government's global warming policy is a sham and that there's no long-term funding budgeted for the expensi...

No place for Return of Kings’ promotion of sexual violence

1 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens strongly condemn the online group Return of Kings' promotion of sexual violence and their pathetic attempt to hold on t...

90% say global warming hurting Great Barrier Reef – governments need to listen

29 January, 2016 - A James Cook University study out today shows Australians care deeply for our Great Barrier Reef and are concerned about its future. "Austral...

Anglo American must not palm off duty to provide Central Qld jobs

29 January, 2016 - The Queensland Government must make sure Anglo American does not dodge its responsibility to provide Central Queensland jobs in rehabilitatio...

Greens call on Labor not water down its moderate climate ambition

28 January, 2016 - The Australian Greens are concerned Labor is using consultations with business as an excuse to water down its climate pollution reduction tar...

PM must not reward sexism or continue to delay Sex Discrimination Commissioner appointment

28 January, 2016 - Jamie Briggs' claim that Prime Minister Turnbull told him he could become a Minister again after sexist behaviour is even more evidence that ...

Liberal Government watering down environmental conditions for mining mates

23 January, 2016 - Revelations today that the Liberal Government has watered down the environmental conditions of 21 projects, including coal mines, in the past...