Qld News & Media Releases

Government in chaos abandons ICAC pledge

7 February, 2022 - The Greens say the government’s decision to abandon its ICAC promise, while simultaneously trying to push through a hateful bill to protect b...

Greens promise consent education and free period products in all public schools

6 February, 2022 - As Queensland kids return to classrooms tomorrow, the Greens have pledged to keep them safe and healthy by fully funding comprehensive consen...

Millions in corporate donations proves need for urgent reform

1 February, 2022 - Political donations data published today by the Australian Electoral Commission shows that the Liberals, Nationals and Labor raked in a combi...

POLICY LAUNCH: Get coal and gas money out of politics

31 January, 2022 - The Greens will stop big polluters corrupting democracy by banning donations from the fossil fuel sector to political parties, candidates, an...

You can't save the Reef while making the climate crisis worse

28 January, 2022 - Lines attributable to Queensland Senator Larissa Waters: “A belated cash splash on the Great Barrier Reef is a joke from a government that ha...

POLICY LAUNCH: Supporting women-led businesses

21 January, 2022 - The Greens have announced a policy to support women-led businesses, generating more employment opportunities for women and boosting economic ...

Glaring omissions undermine draft National Plan

18 January, 2022 - The Greens say the absence of meaningful commitments to addressing gender inequality and economic insecurity in the government’s draft Draft ...

Reform the whole system to end political corruption

9 December, 2021 - The Greens have announced a policy to reform the political system, clean up politics, and strengthen democracy. At the end of a bruising poli...

Liberals and Labor join hands to kill off accountability in the Senate

2 December, 2021 - The Greens say today’s move by the Coalition and Labor to reaffirm their dodgy deal to permanently axe Senate motions represents one more nai...

Liberals and Labor conspire to silence charities

1 December, 2021 - Labor has signed on to the government’s anti-democracy agenda by voting for new legislation designed to silence critical voices from the nonp...

Government must act swiftly on Jenkins recommendations

30 November, 2021 - The Greens have warned the government that Australian women expected them to swiftly and fully implement the recommendations of the Jenkins ...

More action needed to eliminate violence against women

25 November, 2021 - On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women the Greens have called for the Morrison Government to commit serious fund...

Government’s DV Commission is more about optics than women’s safety

24 November, 2021 - The Greens say the government’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission is an inadequate response to the women’s safety crisis that ...

Greens call for increase in WGEA’s powers

24 November, 2021 - The Greens say the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) must be given more powers to tackle gender inequality in the workplace, including...

Shameful and traumatic family law inquiry comes to a welcome end

23 November, 2021 - The Greens say today’s tabling of the Final Report of Pauline Hanson’s toxic family law inquiry marks the welcome end of more than two years...