Qld News & Media Releases

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...

Kick Morrison out to save the Reef

11 May, 2022 - The Greens say confirmation in the Reef Snapshot:  Summer 2021-22 of the sixth mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef lays bare the Morri...

POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT: Supporting First Nations Parents and Babies

6 May, 2022 - The Greens will today announce an investment in culturally appropriate healthcare for First Nations parents and babies, from pregnancy to early ch...