Qld News & Media Releases

Queensland rejects Dutton’s nuclear fantasy

19 June, 2024 - Greens Energy Transition spokesperson and Gladstone local, Senator Penny Allman-Payne, has slammed Peter Dutton’s nuclear fantasy, saying it’s a...

No changes planned for barriers to Escaping Violence Payment

5 June, 2024 - The Department of Social Services confirmed in estimates last night that there were no plans to reconsider eligibility criteria for the Escaping ...

Nets out of Queensland now

4 June, 2024 - The Greens are again calling on the Queensland government for an urgent review of the state’s system of shark nets and drum lines, after a humpba...

Surge in government spending on private schools fails millions of public school kids

29 May, 2024 - The Greens say Australian governments are continuing to fail millions of public school students with new data showing that government funding to ...

Just fund frontline services already

28 May, 2024 - The Greens welcome the government’s review to improve prevention of violence against women, but frontline services remain underfunded and women c...

Labor offers no hope to 2.6 million public school kids

15 May, 2024 - The Greens say Labor’s budget contains barely no new spending for Australia’s woefully underfunded public schools while they pour an additional $...

Labor’s budget betrays LGBTIQA+ community

15 May, 2024 - Labor’s third budget has betrayed the queer community with all funding for the 10 Year National Action Plan on LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing disa...

Women’s safety not a Budget priority

15 May, 2024 - “Last night’s Budget was a betrayal of women experiencing violence, who deserved so much better than rehashed ScoMo policy and re-announced old m...

Cost of Living Inquiry evidence is clear: Labor must raise the rate

9 May, 2024 - The Greens have urged Labor to lift all income support above the poverty line in the upcoming budget, with the weight of evidence given to a Senat...

Labor offers nice words for active transport, but no real funding

7 May, 2024 - This morning Labor has announced a $100 million Active Transport Fund with a commencement date of 1 July 2025.  This falls far short of th...

PM mealy-mouthed and evasive in the face of a national crisis

2 May, 2024 - Senator Penny Allman-Payne, Greens social services spokesperson, has slammed the Prime Minister for his pathetic response this morning t...

Airservices Australia CEO change vindicates community concerns, but more must be done to address systemic problems

1 May, 2024 - Transport Minister Catherine King has today announced that Airservices Australia CEO Jason Harfield will not be reappointed despite the Airservice...

Labor is entrenching disadvantage

1 May, 2024 - Following calls from leading economists for the Albanese Government to increase Jobseeker and Youth Allowance to 90% of the Age Pension, Labor can...

National Cabinet a disgraceful missed opportunity

1 May, 2024 - Reacting to the National Cabinet communique, Greens spokesperson on Women and Leader in the Senate Larissa Waters said: “What a deeply underwhe...

The nation said NO MORE gendered violence, now we need our government to act

29 April, 2024 - Lines attributable to Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on women, Larissa Waters “Thousands of people joined marches around the c...