Qld News & Media Releases

No more public money for political donors

21 July, 2023 - Greens leader in the Senate Larissa Waters will introduce a private members Bill when parliament resumes to stop political donors from being awa...

Government spending on private schools grows at double the rate of public schools

17 July, 2023 - New analysis by the Parliamentary Library reveals that in the decade since the Gonski Review Australian governments have increased funding to pr...

A welcome MS-2 step towards better abortion access

11 July, 2023 - Allowing more medical practitioners and pharmacists to supply the abortion pill is a huge step forward in improving access to reproductive choic...

Investment in skills won’t stop teacher exodus from public schools

7 July, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed the report from the government’s Teacher Education Expert Panel – which recommends boosting teacher education – but have...

Elite schools awash with public cash

22 June, 2023 - The Greens say new data showing the sheer scale of government overfunding of private schools puts pressure on Labor to ensure that public school...

Greens to oppose NAIF bill unless it stops funding coal and gas

21 June, 2023 - The Greens say the Federal Government must ensure that the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) can not be used for coal and gas pr...

Senate won’t deal with HAFF until Labor’s National Cabinet deals with skyrocketing rents, say Greens

19 June, 2023 - The Greens today have successfully deferred consideration of the HAFF bill until after National Cabinet determines its approach to rapidly risin...

Rate rises mean more public subsidies for landlords

9 June, 2023 - The RBA’s string of 12 interest rate rises in 13 months will mean an additional $11 billion lost revenue for the Commonwealth budget, PBO figures...

ALP national plan abandons LGBTIQA+ protections

2 June, 2023 - Labor’s decision to significantly cut back their pre-election commitments to protect the LGBTIQA+ community must be condemned, said Australian Gr...

Labor dumps equity and funding commitments from schools platform

2 June, 2023 - Labor has gutted its pre-election schools platform, walking back its stated commitment to fully fund public schools and ensure equity for the mos...

Family and domestic violence funding leaves half of women at risk

31 May, 2023 - In estimates last night the Government revealed that funding to end violence against women and children is less than half the amount the women’s ...

Report recommends maternity services return to all public hospitals

30 May, 2023 - The report from the Greens-initiated Universal access to reproductive healthcare Senate inquiry confirmed that access to maternity and ...

Senate Committee agrees to end the postcode lottery for reproductive healthcare

25 May, 2023 - Today’s report from the Greens-initiated Universal access to reproductive healthcare Senate inquiry confirms that despite being legal, access to ...

Public schools still left behind as Labor tips billions more into private system

10 May, 2023 - Federal Labor has again proven it has no plan to end education inequality with last night’s budget pouring even more money into the private schoo...

Women’s safety left behind, again

10 May, 2023 - With every budget the government ignores the women’s safety sector’s sustained calls for $1 billion in funding, leaving frontline family and dome...