Qld News & Media Releases

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...

Abortion should be available in public hospitals

20 July, 2022 - Responding to comments by Anthony Albanese today around abortion, Greens spokesperson on Women Senator Larissa Waters said: “I urge the Prime Mi...

Jobs for mates undermines democracy

18 July, 2022 - With the Grattan Institute today revealing that at least one in five government board appointments are being gifted to political mates, the Gree...