Qld News & Media Releases

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...

First Speech - Max Chandler-Mather

1 August, 2022 - It is abundantly clear to me that billionaires and big corporations run parliament. Indeed, when it comes to representation, I imagine that peo...

First Speech - Penny Allman-Payne

1 August, 2022 - Monday 1 August 2022 5:02pm Transcript: I begin this evening by acknowledging that we are meeting on the sovereign and unceded lands of the Ngu...

My first speech to the Senate

1 August, 2022 - Thank you, President. I begin this evening by acknowledging that we are meeting on the sovereign and unceded lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri...

First Speech - Elizabeth Watson-Brown

28 July, 2022 - Acknowledgement of Country Thank you, speaker. I am Elizabeth Watson-Brown, proud Greens MP for Ryan. I come from Meanjin, Brisbane, the lands o...

Greens welcome paid DV leave, call on Labor to act on housing

28 July, 2022 - The Greens welcome the introduction of laws making 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave available to all employees, but have called o...

First Speech - Stephen Bates

27 July, 2022 - Thank you Mr Speaker. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we gather - the Ngunnawal people, and...