Qld News & Media Releases

Greens’ vision for solar on every Queensland roof to cut power bills especially for renters

15 June, 2016 - The Greens today outlined their vision for solar on every Queensland roof, including rented homes, to drive down power bills. Qld Senator Lariss...

Greens' Statement on How to vote (HTV) Decisions

14 June, 2016 - The Queensland Greens have confirmed that the following parties will feature in some way on the half a million Queensland Greens how-to-vote car...

Cutting money from clean energy and approving coal mines is not a plan to save the Reef

13 June, 2016 - The Turnbull Government's $1 billion Reef Fund is effectively a cut from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and is undermined by the Adani coa...

Greens call on old parties to match funding commitment to WA domestic violence services

13 June, 2016 -   The Greens today called on the old parties to match their funding commitment of $54 million per year over ten years for specialist domestic vi...

Greens inequality package will benefit more than 300,000 Queenslanders struggling to get by

11 June, 2016 - The Greens’ flagship inequality package would benefit local families and single parents struggling to get by in Queensland, Senator Waters said ...

Greens spokesperson for women, Senator Larissa Waters, responds to Labor’s domestic violence announcement today

11 June, 2016 - "This is a step in the right direction from Labor but it doesn't provide adequate, long-term funding for the sector and falls short of providing...

Greens proud to have more women as candidates than men

10 June, 2016 - Greens proud to have more women as candidates than men The Australian Greens are proud to have a majority of women as candidates in this year’s...

Greens campaign on sustainable job creation in Mackay

9 June, 2016 - Qld Senator Larissa Waters joined Greens Dawson Candidate Jonathon Dykyj in Mackay on Wednesday to campaign on sustainable job creation in the Ma...

Greens commit to ground-breaking $2 billion fund to fix Reef water quality

9 June, 2016 - The Greens today announced a plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including a $2 billion fund and a legal cap on run-off pollution fix water q...

Tampon tax must go – old parties need to get with the times and get rid of sexist tax

9 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens are disappointed that both the old parties are giving up on ending the tampon tax. Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Green...

Greens put forward national environment watchdog

7 June, 2016 - The Greens today announced a plan for a new independent environment watchdog, the National Environment Protection Authority, and a new generation...

Greens commit funds to protect native wildlife on World Environment Day

6 June, 2016 - On World Environment Day today, the Greens launched their $2.1 billion election policy to protect native wildlife and biodiversity.   “The Austra...

Greens put Queensland’s native wildlife on the election agenda on World Environment Day

5 June, 2016 - On World Environment Day today, the Greens launched their $2.1 billion national election policy to protect native wildlife, which would help brin...

Greens call on old parties to match announcement of $2 billion for Cross River Rail

2 June, 2016 - The Greens today announced $2 billion over four years for Cross River Rail to boost public transport services across South East Queensland and ar...