Qld News & Media Releases

Greens support call for overhaul of policies to prevent financial abuse

22 November, 2022 - The Greens support the recommendations from a new report calling for an overhaul of banking products and policies so that they aren’t used t...

No public money for private schools without full transparency

18 November, 2022 - The Greens spokesperson for schools, Senator Penny Allman-Payne, has written to Education Minister Jason Clare calling on the government to ...

No private school funding transparency? No worries!

10 November, 2022 - The Department of Education has admitted during Estimates that they have no visibility on how public funding to private schools is being spe...

Escaping violence? Wait 28 business days

9 November, 2022 - Today in Estimates we learned that women are being forced to wait an average of 28 business days to access the Government’s $5,000 Escaping V...

Cost of negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to blow out to $157 billion over the next decade

3 November, 2022 - According to analysis performed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, the cost of negative gearing will skyrocket as interest rates rise, reach...

Funding, not fact-finding needed to end violence against women and children

3 November, 2022 - Minister Rishworth’s National Press Club address, like the Women’s Budget Statement, outlines the problems women face, but offers very little...

Stronger measures needed to create safe workplaces for women

3 November, 2022 - The Greens will move for stronger measures in the Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill to protec...

Teacher shortage plan silent on public school funding

3 November, 2022 - The Greens say the government’s Draft National Teacher Workforce Action Plan will not solve the teacher shortfall crisis unless Labor gets se...

Greens secure Senate inquiry into school refusal

27 October, 2022 - The Senate Education and Employment References Committee will undertake an inquiry into the alarming rise in students that are unable to atte...

Labor’s 1 million home claim is a complete con job

26 October, 2022 - Lines attributable to Max Chandler-Mather MP, Greens spokesperson for housing and homelessness: Over the last five years the private sector b...

Labor’s private school cash splash a Morrison throwback

26 October, 2022 - Labor’s budget has failed the public schools test, committing even more to private schools than the Morrison Government pledged in its March ...

No buck for the bang in ‘women-centred’ budget

26 October, 2022 - Labor’s Women’s Budget Statement outlines the problems women face, but offers very little when it comes to delivering the solutions women nee...

Paid FDV Leave passes the Senate, finally!

26 October, 2022 - The Greens welcome passage of the Bill to give employees access to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave. It is a long overdue refo...

Ending pay secrecy alone won’t close gender pay gap

21 October, 2022 - The Greens welcome the announcement this week that the government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill will include new rules to end pay secrecy cl...

Labor must establish National Energy Transition Authority in Budget

21 October, 2022 - The Greens say coal workers and communities deserve a National Energy Transition Authority in Tuesday’s budget in the wake of Queensland and ...