Qld News & Media Releases

Cross River Rail announcement first step towards public transport as a basic right

16 April, 2018 - The Queensland Greens are today cautiously welcoming of the announcement by Federal Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten, of funding for the deliver...

Cross River Rail announcement first step towards public transport as a basic right

16 April, 2018 - The Queensland Greens are today cautiously welcoming of the announcement by Federal Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten, of funding for the deliver...

Britain bans ivory sales, Australia should too

6 April, 2018 - The Greens are calling on the Turnbull government to follow the lead of the British government in banning all ivory sales. Greens animal welfare...

Australia: let’s transition away from coal. Coalition: let’s form a coal faction.

3 April, 2018 - “What more proof do you need of the sickness in our political system than Coalition backbenchers forming a coal faction, says Senator for Queens...

Turnbull’s road funding nothing but a pork-barreling band aid.

3 April, 2018 - Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement of a small amount of road funding to shore up vulnerable Liberal seats in south-east Queensland simply exposes t...

Greens call for inquiry into Matt Canavan who is just a puppet of the coal lobby

28 March, 2018 - “We should be having an inquiry into why Matt Canavan could possibly keep insisting that burning coal is a beautiful thing, when it is responsi...

Greens call for inquiry into Matt Canavan who is just a puppet of the coal lobby

28 March, 2018 - “We should be having an inquiry into why Matt Canavan could possibly keep insisting that burning coal is a beautiful thing, when it is responsi...

Queensland Greens to hold a funeral for democracy as the Coalition pushes unjust corporate tax cuts

27 March, 2018 - Queensland’s recently elected Greens MP Michael Berkman will lead supporters in a temporary blockade of BHP Billiton’s Brisbane office in prote...

QLD Greens to Labor: stop ripping us off and get behind our Power for People Plan

26 March, 2018 - Following yet another report that shows Queensland Labor is ripping off Queenslanders on their power bills, the Queensland Greens have called o...

Senator Andrew Bartlett announced as the Greens candidate for Brisbane

26 March, 2018 - The Queensland Greens are today announcing Senator Andrew Bartlett as the party's candidate for the seat of Brisbane at the next federal electi...

Bring Tamil family of four back to Biloela

12 March, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett is backing the people of Biloela and calling for Peter Dutton to return a family of four ripped from ...

Berkman stands with Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council

9 March, 2018 - Queensland Greens MP, Michael Berkman, the Member for Maiwar, today stands once again beside the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Counci...

Greens MP hopes for bi-partisan Vegetation Management action

9 March, 2018 - Michael Berkman, Greens MP for Maiwar, has today called on all parties and stakeholders to put politics aside in implementing a Vegetation Manag...

Michael Berkman Greens MP calls for stronger action on political donations

9 March, 2018 - The Member for Maiwar, Queensland Greens MP, Michael Berkman today reiterated the need for broad electoral funding reform and banning political ...