Qld News & Media Releases

Queensland public school deal locks in underfunding for another decade

24 March, 2025 - Federal Labor’s school funding agreement today with the Queensland Government guarantees that another generation of public school kids will nev...

Murray Watt missing in action on mutual obligations disaster

21 March, 2025 - The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ extraordinary admission today that more elements of mutual obligations have been pau...

Labor’s welfare payment claims are a cruel joke

20 March, 2025 - The Greens say Labor’s claim that today’s 22 cents a day indexation of JobSeeker will help with cost-of-living pressures is an insult to the hu...

Greens welcome national conversation on disadvantage in schools

5 March, 2025 - The Greens have welcomed comments by former secretary of the federal Department of Education, Dr Michele Bruniges, examining disadvantage in Aus...

Act now to close the gender pay gap

4 March, 2025 - Today, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s (WGEA) latest data reveals that Australian women earn an average of $28,425 less per year than men...

Minister must suspend broken Targeted Compliance Framework immediately

28 February, 2025 - The Greens have called on Employment Relations Minister Murray Watt to immediately suspend the Targeted Compliance Framework (TCF) after Gre...

Bring back bulk-billing in Brisbane

21 February, 2025 - New statistics from Cleanbill show that not a single GP clinic in Brisbane is taking in new bulk-billing patients.  Federal Member f...

Greens say public ownership of Rex is the only option in Australians' best interests

12 February, 2025 - The Greens called on the government to consider public ownership of Rex following its entering administration in July last year, and welcome...

Labor pass electoral rort by bending the knee to Liberals

12 February, 2025 - Responding to the late night rushed passage of the Electoral Reform Bill, which every crossbencher opposed and both big parties supported, G...

Labor’s women’s health announcement shows Greens pressure works

9 February, 2025 - Responding to the government's women's health announcement on Sunday morning, Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on Women, Larissa ...

AEC donations data drop shows the same big corporations pull the strings

3 February, 2025 - 03 February 2025 Political donations data published today by the Australian Electoral Commission shows corporate control over the major pa...

Greens welcome FDSV crisis accommodation funding, but the sector needs more

1 February, 2025 - Responding to the announcement of $100 million in FDSV crisis housing, Senator Waters said: “Any additional money for crisis accommodation...

More support for public schools welcome but pathway to 100% funding remains unclear

24 January, 2025 - Comments attributable to Greens spokesperson on Primary and Secondary Education, Senator Penny Allman-Payne: “This is a welcome step forwa...

More support for public schools welcome but pathway to 100% funding remains unclear

24 January, 2025 - Comments attributable to Greens spokesperson on Primary and Secondary Education, Senator Penny Allman-Payne: “This is a welcome step forwa...

LNP’s nuclear con job betrays regional Queensland

13 December, 2024 - The Greens say Dutton’s nuclear announcement is a con job for coal that will drive up costs for regional communities and set back action on ...