Qld News & Media Releases

Dodgy welfare penalties must end, Greens urge Labor after second damning report in two weeks

15 August, 2025 - The Greens are urging Labor to avoid a second Robodebt-scale scandal by stopping all welfare payment suspensions immediately, following the re...

Greens call to stop all welfare payment suspensions in light of damning ombudsman's report

6 August, 2025 - The Greens have called on Labor to stop all welfare payment suspensions immediately, following the damning Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report into...

Greens would support reforms to CGT, negative gearing, and a fossil fuel export levy in the senate

4 August, 2025 - The Australian Greens welcome the ACTU’s calls to urgently address the unfair tax breaks that benefit property investors, as well as their call...

Greens to chair Aged Care inquiry, call on Labor to act to prevent ‘perfect storm’ of pain for pensioners

28 July, 2025 - The Senate has established an inquiry into Labor’s transition to a new aged care system. The Greens spokesperson for Older People, Senator Penny...

Greens push Labor to pull trigger on climate

22 July, 2025 - Today, the Greens will introduce the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill as their first privat...

Greens urge Labor to save 100,000 welfare recipients from ‘petty’ and ‘absurd’ debt notices

19 July, 2025 - The Greens have written to Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek urging Labor to urgently waive over $1 billion in unfair historical welf...

Greens welcome Murujuga rock art World Heritage listing, but industrial threats persist

12 July, 2025 - The Greens welcome UNESCO including Murujuga on the World Heritage List and hope Labor will now ensure its survival by cancelling the draft appr...

Last chance for real climate action to save Great Barrier Reef from In Danger listing

10 July, 2025 - The Australian Greens urge the Australian and Queensland governments to act on UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee’s advice to protect the Great B...

Greens urge Minister Watt to cancel Woodside draft approval ahead of looming Murujuga decision

9 July, 2025 - As UNESCO delegates meet in Paris this week to consider Murujuga’s World Heritage bid, the Australian Greens call on Environment Minister Murray ...

Greens urge end to Robodebt, two years on from Royal Commission

8 July, 2025 - The Greens have called on Labor to finally end Robodebt amid growing calls from welfare organisations to fully implement the recommendations from...

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...