Qld News & Media Releases

Greens say which parties they will be putting last this state election

2 October, 2017 - The Convenor of the Queensland Greens, Andrew Bartlett, has announced that the Greens will be putting One Nation and the LNP last on the party...

Greens respond to extra 600 apartments on Queens Wharf

6 September, 2017 - The Premier is lying through her teeth on Queens Wharf. “This outrageous generational theft of public land has just got worse with an extra ...

Queensland Greens announce universal social housing plan

31 August, 2017 - The Queensland Greens have today announced their plan to establish a universal housing scheme for Queensland, building 1 million affordable ho...

A tale of two ideologies

30 August, 2017 - It’s been an odd day today... one that really goes to the question of what sort of society we want to live in. It’s to do with drugs, and how ...

Labor is the political wing for Adani

30 August, 2017 - The Queensland Greens have called on Cameron Milner to be barred from any involvement in the Queensland Labor campaign, following revelations ...

National discussion needed on Australia Day

29 August, 2017 - “Australia has never undertaken a serious national discussion that would enable us - and our governments - to acknowledge the history of what ...

Lifeline for 10 should be celebrated

28 August, 2017 - The Australian Greens welcome the CBS acquisition of Network 10 and are warning the Government against blocking the purchase. “CBS buying Netw...

McGowan Government should stand up to drug testing trial in Mandurah: Greens

27 August, 2017 - Premier Mark McGowan should follow in the footsteps of the Labor Victorian Government and refuse to cooperate with the Turnbull Government's p...

PNG decision means Dutton's prisoners must be freed

26 August, 2017 - Papua New Guinea's refusal to allow the men Peter Dutton is imprisoning on Manus Island to be abandoned means the government must bring them h...

Parliament must debate whether to follow unpredictable Trump’s Afghanistan backflip

23 August, 2017 - Australian Greens Defence spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, commented today on the worrying implications for Australia of Donald Trump...

Drug testing in Canterbury-Bankstown will demonise and isolate people struggling with addiction

22 August, 2017 - Drug testing members of the community in Canterbury-Bankstown who are trying to access income support demonises and isolates the people they t...

Queensland's Nightclub Scanner Laws a Right Royal Mess

22 August, 2017 - The Queensland Greens have repeated their calls for a complete overhaul of the state's laws on ID scanners for nightclubs and late night venue...

Review of political donations commences

22 August, 2017 - The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters is conducting a review into political donations as part of its inquiry into the conduct of t...

Solution to Four Corners housing exposé is to regulate propety investments as a financial product

22 August, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has reiterated calls for investment property to be treated as a financial product in...