Qld News & Media Releases

Greens call for lockout laws plan to protect live music

26 February, 2016 - 26/02/2016 The Greens have called on the state government to outline how they will ensure Queensland’s live music and entertainment scenes w...

They have had 25 years to fix the date say the Greens

24 February, 2016 - 24/02/2016 The Electoral Commission Queensland has just released the Official Yes and No Cases for the upcoming referendum. The arguments ha...

We need more than a Band-Aid approach to help Pacific neighbours with extreme weather

24 February, 2016 - Responding to the devastation Cyclone Winston brought to Fiji, the Greens have called for more humanitarian assistance for Fiji, an overall ...

CSIRO climate science saves lives and money

22 February, 2016 - The Climate Council's report today shows CSIRO climate science, which faces cuts presided over by the Liberal Turnbull Government, helps fir...

Greens support Palaszczuk's offer to care for asylum seekers

22 February, 2016 - 22/02/2016 The Queensland Greens have expressed support for the Premier's offer of support and assistance to asylum seekers currently in the...

Queensland Greens statement on the Queensland Alcohol Legislation

17 February, 2016 - 17/02/2016 The Queensland Greens say that casinos should not have been exempted from the state government’s legislation reducing alcoho...

Greens' plan to cover Council roofs with solar panels and cut Council power bills

15 February, 2016 - Council can cut its power bills and save ratepayers money under a Greens' plan, announced today, to allow solar companies to install solar p...

Greens' plan to cover Council roofs with solar panels and cut Council power bills

15 February, 2016 - 15/02/2016 Council can cut its power bills and save ratepayers money under a Greens' plan, announced today, to allow solar companies to...

Greens Condemn Rushed Referendum Seeking More Power For Politicians

5 February, 2016 - 05/02/2016 The Queensland Greens say the Labor and Liberal parties are trying to sneak through a referendum aimed at giving them more po...

Greens slam Queensland’s ‘Secret Referendum’‏

5 February, 2016 - 05/02/2016 The Greens say the state government is treating Queenslanders and the state’s local Councils with contempt by failing to give...

Gutting CSIRO climate science is the enemy of innovation

4 February, 2016 - News that the Turnbull Liberal Government is sacking more CSIRO scientists, gutting climate science in Australia, shows what a climate-denial...

Qld Labor approves Southern Hemisphere’s largest coal mine to cook the Reef and the planet

3 February, 2016 - The Queensland Labor Government's approval of the Adani Carmichael mine is a climate pollution disaster, which threatens our Great Barrier Re...

Senate agrees 150 days without a Sex Discrimination Commissioner in unacceptable

3 February, 2016 - The Senate has passed an Australian Greens motion calling on the Turnbull Liberal Government to hurry up and appoint a Sex Discrimination Com...

Greens Senate Inquiry into the exposure of Australians’ investments to the carbon bubble

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today established a Senate Inquiry into how transparently companies report their investments in fossil fuels and t...

Liberal Govt’s global warming policy ineffective and unfunded

2 February, 2016 - 02/02/2016 Reports today confirm the Liberal Government’s global warming policy is a sham and that there’s no long-term funding budgeted...