Qld News & Media Releases

Greens call for Obama-Trudeau-style audit as fracking climate pollution grows

11 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for a Australia to follow US President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau who have agreed to better mo...

Greens call for Senate inquiry on rehabilitation to secure jobs as Peabody crumbles and majors exit

11 March, 2016 - 11/03/2016 The Australian Greens are calling for a Senate inquiry on mining and resources rehabilitation to secure jobs in affected communities...

Greens call for Senate inquiry on rehabilitation to secure jobs as Peabody crumbles and majors exit

11 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for a Senate inquiry on mining and resources rehabilitation to secure jobs in affected communities as reports...

Liberals’ support for climate sceptic motion is anti-science and anti-jobs

11 March, 2016 - 11/03/2016 The motion adopted by the NSW Liberals calling on the Turnbull Government to arrange public debates on whether climate change is rea...

Early election talk shows hypocrisy of 4 year terms referendum

9 March, 2016 - 09/03/2016 The Queensland Greens say the Premier's refusal to rule out an early election shows Labor's support for the referendum to bring in fo...

Government’s rhetoric means nothing to domestic violence victims if they can’t get leave from work to escape

9 March, 2016 - Reports today that the Turnbull Liberal Government is presiding over the slashing of domestic violence leave for public servants put a lie to th...

Liberals’ support for climate sceptic motion is anti-science and anti-jobs

9 March, 2016 - The motion adopted by the NSW Liberals calling on the Turnbull Government to arrange public debates on whether climate change is real shows how ...

Voters right to be cynical on referendum: Greens.

7 March, 2016 - 07/03/2016 The Queensland Greens say voters are right to be cynical about the Labor and Liberal parties' referendum to introduce four year terms...

$100 000 gender pay won’t be fixed by hiding it

3 March, 2016 - With a report out today, showing senior female managers earn $100 000 less per year than male counterparts, the Greens are urging the other part...

Allegations of shonky business more evidence against Adani company

3 March, 2016 - Revelations that an Adani subsidiary's own lawyer is accusing it of fraud is yet another warning that this company should not be trusted with th...

Government concern for coral bleaching insincere unless Adani mine stopped

1 March, 2016 - With coral bleaching already confirmed in the Great Barrier Reef today and scientific concern for a mass bleaching event soon, the state and fed...

The Tivoli must be saved say the Greens

1 March, 2016 - 01/03/2016 The Tivoli is not currently heritage protected. However, even if it were listed on the heritage register, its location within the Sta...

Qld Labor’s inaction on a dump levy stinks

29 February, 2016 - 29/02/2016 The Queensland Labor Government must urgently re-introduce a waste management levy to stop Queensland being treated as a dumping ...

Qld Labor’s inaction on a dump levy stinks

29 February, 2016 - The Queensland Labor Government must urgently re-introduce a waste management levy to stop Queensland being treated as a dumping ground by o...

The Queensland Greens have officially launched their referendum No Campaign today

29 February, 2016 - 29/02/2016 The referendum asking voters to approve an increase in the term of the state government from three years to four years is being h...