Qld News & Media Releases

Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the coal billionaires

14 March, 2017 - The Queensland Greens say the State Labor government should act immediately to help out struggling coal mining billionaires. “If Adani’s mega c...

Greens call on LNP to rule out One Nation deal in QLD in light of WA election result

12 March, 2017 - The Greens say the election result in Western Australia makes it clear the Liberal National Party must immediately rule out any deal with One N...

Greens will renew push to take abortion off the criminal books

8 March, 2017 - On International Women’s Day Queensland Greens candidate for South Brisbane, Amy MacMahon pledges to introduce a bill to decriminalise abortion ...

If Miles wants coal money paid back he should start by asking his own party

22 February, 2017 - Environment Minister Steven Miles reached new heights of hypocrisy this morning calling for the coal industry to pay back millions of dollar...

More catastrophic coral bleaching looks likely as Labor and LNP keep barracking for Adani

16 February, 2017 - Queensland Greens candidate for Mount Coot-tha and state spokesperson Michael Berkman says all signs point to another disastrous coral bleac...

Queensland Labor must scrap Adani’s suitable operator status

15 February, 2017 - Queensland Greens candidate for Mount Coot-tha and state spokesperson Michael Berkman says Queensland Labor must revoke Adani’s suitable ope...

Senate inquiry to investigate mining giants who don’t clean up their own mess

9 February, 2017 - The Senate yesterday supported a Greens motion to establish an inquiry into mining and resources rehabilitation to crack down on multinationa...

North Queensland needs real clean energy, not fake clean coal

3 February, 2017 - The Australian Greens said today that using the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility to bankroll fake “clean coal” power stations in Qu...

Greens stand with Central Queensland farmers struggling to stay on their land

1 February, 2017 - The Australian Greens do not support the resumption of quality farmland whether for mining, coal seam gas or expanded military facilities, in...

Turnbull government is putting the lives of women and children fleeing domestic violence at risk

1 February, 2017 - As parliament prepares to resume next week the Australian Greens are calling on the Turnbull government to commit to life-saving domestic vio...

Greens welcome lockout law backdown

23 January, 2017 - The Greens are calling on the Queensland Labor government to scrap the 1am lockout laws entirely, rather than just put them on them on hold. ...

Greens applaud win against fracking giant Santos and warn against fracking spree

13 January, 2017 - Greens applaud win against fracking giant Santos and warn against fracking spree The Australian Greens applaud the work of community group We...

MP’s defection confirms overlap between One Nation and LNP

13 January, 2017 - The Queensland Greens say today’s announcement that Liberal National Party MP, Steve Dickson, is defecting to One Nation is the clearest indi...

One Nation are conspiracy-peddling knuckle-draggers

12 January, 2017 - The revelations about the outrageous conspiracy theories held by the One Nation candidate for the Queensland state seat of Mulgrave are shock...

Adani pay just 0.008 percent in tax on multimillion dollar earnings

9 December, 2016 - It beggars belief that the Queensland and federal governments want to give Adani, a company that paid just 0.008 percent in tax on their tota...