Qld News & Media Releases

Greens call for federal support for Aboriginal-controlled YiSSA housing

7 October, 2026 - The federal government must urgently fund Darwin’s Yilli Short Stay Accommodation (YiSSA) to prevent its imminent closure, Greens say in ...

Labor must restore Ask Izzy funding

7 October, 2026 - The Greens have backed calls from the social services sector to save Ask Izzy, after the Albanese Government pulled the plug on the vital navi...

Experts shoot down Labor’s aged care assessment fix

24 September, 2026 - Aged care experts have slammed Labor’s ham-fisted attempt to repair its broken aged care assessments system at a public hearing in Canberra...

Aged care Senate inquiry hears Labor is denying rights to older people

23 September, 2026 - Yesterday’s hearing of the Senate inquiry into Labor’s aged care ‘Support at Home’ program has heard more disturbing testimony of how the g...

‘Un-Australian scam artists”: Greens call for action on airline’s Grand Final gouging

22 September, 2026 - Reports that Qantas and Virgin are charging Fremantle and Brisbane fans up to $6,000 for return flights to Melbourne this AFL Grand Final w...

Labor Tinkers Around the Edges of Broken Aged Care Assessment Tool

17 September, 2026 - Last night, the Labor government circulated an amendment to their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner Bi...

James Cook University must reverse proposed axing of vet lab

16 September, 2026 - In a speech to the Senate today, Queensland Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne has called on James Cook University to rethink its plan to ax...

PISA proves Australian teachers are world-class but need more support

9 September, 2026 - The Greens say the national conversation around classroom disruption and student performance is broken, with the latest PISA data showing Au...

Labor extends racist and failed compulsory income management indefinitely

7 September, 2026 - Labor has covertly extended the life of its racist and failed compulsory income management regime today, joining with the Coalition to kill ...

Big win for older people: Labor backflips on plan to scrap aged care support program

20 August, 2026 - Labor has scrapped a key pillar of its aged care reform agenda, reversing a decision to terminate the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)...

Renters can’t cop another 30% rent increase

20 August, 2026 - The Greens have called for an immediate rent freeze to stop renters from facing a 30% rent increase, spurred on by real estate agents and the ...

Albanese abandons disabled Australians in shameful deal with Liberals on NDIS cuts

18 August, 2026 - The Australian Greens say the Albanese Labor government has abandoned disabled Australians in an appalling dirty deal with the Liberals.This m...

Albanese caves to gambling lobby to cut dirty deal with Liberals

18 August, 2026 - The Australian Greens have called Labor captured and the Liberals weak for their dirty deal on cowardly and careless gambling reform.The Green...

Labor humiliation: Senate votes to scrap automated aged care assessments

18 August, 2026 - In another embarrassing defeat for Labor’s unravelling aged care reforms, the Senate has this afternoon backed a Greens motion demanding that ...