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Larissa Waters
Senator for Qld & Greens Leader in the Senate

One more sleep til AEC’s #DonationDataDrop

31 January, 2023 - Annual political donations data will be revealed tomorrow and is likely to confirm that our democracy is still for sale to the highest bidder...

Family law reforms welcome, but inadequate funding leaves women and children at risk

30 January, 2023 - The Greens welcome the announcement of family law amendments aimed at putting children’s welfare first in family law matters. After years ...

Political sponsorship of Shaghayegh Khademi and Mahya Vahedi

24 January, 2023 - Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters has today written to the Iranian Ambassador stating her political sponsorship of Shaghayegh Khademi ...

OK Google, let’s talk about your abortion ad ban

16 December, 2022 - The Greens will demand an explanation from Google over its decision to ban medical abortion ads in Australia, and push to have the appear at...

Statement: Brittany Higgins

1 December, 2022 - Many victim-survivors of sexual, family and domestic violence describe the court process as horrific and retraumatising. The Greens suppor...

Time for respect is now

30 November, 2022 - Today’s release of Time for respect: fifth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces shows that implementing the Respect...

QLD climate costs can’t be ignored

28 November, 2022 - The Climate Council report released today shows that the costs of climate change-driven weather events cannot be ignored. The Greens are onc...

Greens welcome passage of Respect at Work Bill

25 November, 2022 - The Greens welcome the passage of the Respect at Work Bill in the Senate today, after facilitating a decision to send contentious costs prov...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

25 November, 2022 - On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women the Greens are once again calling for full funding and meaningful goals f...

Greens secure costs reform commitment

22 November, 2022 - The Greens have facilitated a welcome decision to review costs protections, rather than the government pushing ahead with the ‘costs neutral...

Greens support call for overhaul of policies to prevent financial abuse

22 November, 2022 - The Greens support the recommendations from a new report calling for an overhaul of banking products and policies so that they aren’t used t...

Escaping violence? Wait 28 business days

9 November, 2022 - Today in Estimates we learned that women are being forced to wait an average of 28 business days to access the Government’s $5,000 Escaping V...