Qld News & Media Releases

Greens say action towards First Nations justice must be a priority of 48th Parliament

20 June, 2025 - The Greens have welcomed the holding of a round table with First Nations Ministers and the Coalition of the Peaks today, and called on the feder...

Police should not investigate police over Blak deaths in custody

7 June, 2025 - The Australian Greens call for an independent inquiry into the death of 24 year old Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man with a disability, in Alice S...

Greens Leader announces portfolios for the 48th Parliament, will make women's safety a priority of leadership

4 June, 2025 - Leader of the Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters has announced the party’s new portfolio allocations ahead of parliament returning in July....

Labor’s Aged Care Act deferral a brief reprieve for older people who will be forced to pay more

4 June, 2025 - The Greens have cautiously welcomed the deferral of the major parties’ Aged Care Act to 1 November, which will provide a brief reprieve for older...

Raising the rate crucial to tackling violence against women

4 June, 2025 - The Australian Greens have urged the Albanese Government to urgently lift income support recipients out of poverty and put an end to the punitive...

Emissions remain higher under Albanese than Morrison, on the same week Labor approves ‘carbon bomb’

30 May, 2025 - The latest quarterly emissions update has revealed emissions are still going up and remain higher under Anthony Albanese than when Scott Morrison...

Major parties’ climate apathy will leave our reef ‘in danger’

30 May, 2025 - The Australian Greens echo the calls from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the Queensland and Australian governments to take drastic measu...

Environment Minister fails first test, approves climate-wrecking North West Shelf extension to 2070

28 May, 2025 - The Australian Greens have said the new Environment Minister has spectacularly failed his first test in the job, after approving the climate-wrec...

Albanese Government must reject Queensland Shark Control Program expansion

27 May, 2025 - The Greens call on the Albanese Government to reject a major expansion of shark nets used in the Queensland Shark Control Program, after the Quee...

Greens slam Labor for secretly preparing to approve Woodside’s North West Gas Shelf

22 May, 2025 - The Greens have slammed Labor for secretly preparing to approve Australia’s biggest coal and gas development for the next 45 years, saying the de...

Greens retain Ryan, will hold sole balance of power in the Senate

13 May, 2025 - The Greens have retained the Queensland seat of Ryan, after voters kept Dutton out by re-electing Elizabeth Watson-Brown MP as their strong, inde...

Labor's public school plan rips $18 billion out of public schools, opens door for Dutton's cuts

28 April, 2025 - New analysis shows that public schools will have $18 billion ripped away due to Labor’s plan to push full public school funding back to 2034.&n...

Greens announce plan to lower retirement age and lift pension above poverty line

26 April, 2025 - The Greens have today announced a plan to lower the retirement age and lift the age pension above the poverty line, allowing Australians to ret...

LNP desperate to pretend they care about women

24 April, 2025 - Responding to reports the LNP has committed $90m toward a domestic violence strategy Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on Women, Lar...

The Greens will finish the job of making IVF accessible to all who need it

17 April, 2025 - The Greens would make IVF more affordable for all by doubling the Medicare rebates, and removing the remaining discrimination against gay male ...