Qld News & Media Releases

Senate speech on the Climate Change Bill 2022

7 September, 2022 - I rise to speak this evening to the climate change bills. I note that many of my Greens colleagues have spoken to these bills and done so wi...

Senate speech on cost of living motion

6 September, 2022 - Australians are facing a cost-of-living crisis. People are being smashed on all fronts: rising rents and mortgage repayments, rising food pr...

Treasurer fails to defend Stage 3 tax cuts

6 September, 2022 - In response to a simple question from the Greens Member for Brisbane during Question Time - “How are Labor’s Stage 3 tax cuts actually good ...

Senate speech on workplace relations motion

5 September, 2022 - I rise to speak on this motion as a proud unionist. Unions are essential to the protection and advancement of workers' rights in this countr...

Greens welcome ACTU & BCA support for our PPL Policy

1 September, 2022 - The Greens welcome the joint agreement of business groups and unions, and support the ACTU and Business Council of Australia in urging the g...

Greens to move for energy transition authority in Parliament

29 August, 2022 - The Greens Industry, Transition and Regional Development spokesperson and Gladstone local, Senator Penny Allman-Payne, will give notice of a B...

Less talk, more action on equal pay

29 August, 2022 - On Equal Pay Day the Greens have called on the new government to redress 9 years of inaction on gender equality, and act immediately to close ...

Nets out now

26 August, 2022 - After the tenth whale has today been entangled in Queensland shark nets, the Greens are again calling on the state government for an urgent re...

Greens call for nationwide rent freeze

25 August, 2022 - With the upcoming Jobs Summit and recent Everybody’s Home research detailing the impact the rental crisis is having on the broader economy, Ma...

LGBTQIA+ Workers Left Out of Jobs and Skills Summit

24 August, 2022 - 24 August 2022 The Labor Party has published the Jobs + Skills Summit Issues Paper, and LGBTQIA+ people have been entirely left out despite li...

Still no credible plan to tackle teacher shortage crisis

12 August, 2022 - The Greens have called on the nation’s education ministers to tackle the root causes of the teacher shortage crisis, after today’s roundtable ...

End under-resourcing and increase salaries to fix teacher shortage crisis

11 August, 2022 - Ahead of tomorrow’s Education Ministers meeting, the Greens have called on federal, state and territory governments to address teacher shortag...

Labor's plan will only meet 3% of social housing need

11 August, 2022 - Analysis provided by the Parliamentary Library predicts that Labor’s housing plan will deliver only 3% of the social housing Australia will ne...

Labor’s Social Housing Plan will abandon hundreds of thousands of people to housing stress and homelessness

8 August, 2022 - Greens spokesperson for housing Max Chandler-Mather has today responded to the Housing Minister's comments on social housing, calling Labor's p...

Teachers and students deserve better than technocratic tinkering

2 August, 2022 - The Greens say a proposal by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership to parachute inexperienced staff into classrooms and g...