Qld News & Media Releases

Ministers must answer why Social Services keep breaking the law

27 January, 2026 - Today’s Commonwealth Ombudsman Report finding that Services Australia and the Department of Social Services has been non-compliant with socia...

Greens will back gun law reforms, but will not support the government's hate speech and anti-migration proposals

17 January, 2026 - The Greens say they can not pass the government’s omnibus bill at the extraordinary sitting of Parliament, given the significant amount of re...

Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026

15 January, 2026 - The Australian Greens have expressed concerns to the Prime Minister and the government about the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism ...

Australian Greens welcome NSW gun law reform but warn new protest powers threaten free speech

24 December, 2025 - The NSW Parliament is the first state Parliament to pass essential gun control laws following the anti-Semitic mass shooting at Bondi Beach ...

Labor’s inaction leads to highest Aboriginal deaths in custody in over 40 years

11 December, 2025 - The Australian Greens call on Labor to urgently implement all 339 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custod...

Transport Minister must rule out privatisation of Airservices Australia: Greens

9 December, 2025 - Reports in yesterday’s Australian Financial Review that Airservices Australia is exploring partial privatisation should be thoroughly put to ...

To end domestic violence, Labor must stop rising poverty

25 November, 2025 - A dramatic increase in calls to 1800 RESPECT from Australians seeking help with domestic violence shows the urgent need to raise rates of in...

Robodebt families call for end to protection racket and for government to stop harming welfare recipients

5 November, 2025 - Jenny Miller and Kath Madgwick, the mothers of Rhys Cauzzo and Jarrad Madgwick, who each took their own lives after receiving an illegal and ...

Greens to chair Aged Care inquiries into cost of care and future of the system

4 November, 2025 - The Senate has voted to establish two further Senate inquiries into Labor’s aged care reforms, amid concerns that the new Act which came into...

Minister Rae celebrates Aged Care profits while older Australians pay more

1 November, 2025 - From today, Labor’s new Aged Care Act comes into force, meaning older Australians will pay more for essential care, including up to $50 just ...

On World Teachers Day, $11.5 billion in unpaid teacher workload shows extent of the overwork crisis

31 October, 2025 - On World Teachers Day, new analysis shows that Australian teachers are contributing $11.5 billion in unpaid labour every year, demonstrating ...

Tomago aluminium bailout should come with a public stake, Greens say

28 October, 2025 - The Australian Greens have called on Labor to save Australia’s largest aluminium smelter from closure with a public ownership stake, and unde...