Qld News & Media Releases

Donations data shows our democracy is for sale

1 February, 2019 - The political donations data released today revealing massive corporate donations to the major parties shows our democracy is for sale and do...

Greens launch policy to clean up politics

1 February, 2019 - The Greens are today launching their policy to clean up politics and end the corrupting influence of big money on our democracy, so we can cr...

Greens call on Shorten to commit to scrapping the cashless debit card

21 January, 2019 - The Greens are calling on opposition leader Bill Shorten to commit to abolishing the cashless debit card, should they win Government this yea...

Political donations a recipe for corruption

19 December, 2018 - The NSW ICAC raid of ALP’s headquarters in Sydney shows political donations are a main source of corruption, yet the Government’s proposed C...

Show me the ICAC money!

18 December, 2018 - The Government has failed to budget for its Clayton’s Commonwealth Integrity Commission in MYEFO, proving the announcement was just smoke an...

Morrison’s MYEFO ignores climate and everyday Australians to chase short-term sham surplus

17 December, 2018 - “Today’s Mid-year Economic Financial Outlook shows that the Coalition is totally out of touch with everyone in our community who is feeling ...

A sham ICAC from a sham government

13 December, 2018 - Greens spokesperson for democracy Senator Larissa Waters said 10 years after the Greens first called for a federal anti-corruption body to o...

Govt misses opportunity to protect women from epidemic of DV

6 December, 2018 - Australian Greens spokesperson for women, Senator Larissa Waters, on the Morrison Government legislating for 5 days’ unpaid domestic and fami...

Greens motion for national anti-corruption commission passes both houses of parliament

26 November, 2018 - After ten years of pushing, the Greens are thrilled their motion calling on the Morrison Government to establish a national anti-corruption ...

Four cents a week for women won’t improve financial security

20 November, 2018 - The Government’s attempt at winning back female support with its women’s economic statement today will fail for its lack of funding and lack...

Speech: Electoral Funding and Disclosure

15 November, 2018 - I rise to speak on the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017. This is a very complicated bill ...

Gender pay gap won’t close for decades without leadership

13 November, 2018 - The latest scorecard from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows an alarming continuation of the gender pay gap that won’t be closed for...

Qld Greens statement on party sexual harassment and abuse policies

13 November, 2018 - The Queensland Greens would like to reaffirm that we will not tolerate sexual harassment or violence in any way, shape or form. We have r...

Call for shark cull no solution

8 November, 2018 - Calls for mass shark culls by conservative politicians would be an ineffective and irresponsible response to recent attacks in Queensland, ac...

Government could be sued for ignoring water laws for Adani

7 November, 2018 - Greens mining spokesperson Senator Larissa Waters says the Government should be sued for ignoring water laws for Adani’s 12.5 billion litre w...