Qld Queensland Greens support Jondaryan Coal Dump protest
Members and candidates of the Queensland Greens will be participating in tomorrow’s protest and blockade of the coal dump at Jondaryan on the Darling Downs. State spokesperson Libby Connors said it was a great way to start an election campaign.
Qld The extremist is Mr Newman: LNP leader's outrageous comments proof we need public sector reform
The Queensland Greens say that Campbell Newman’s labelling of DERM officials as “green extremists” is proof he will lead an irresponsible government that will continue to politicise the Queensland public service.
Qld Reef statement misses the elephant in the room
The Queensland Greens say that the evidence that fertiliser and pesticide run-off onto the Great Barrier Reef is reducing is great news but the state government is ignoring one of the greatest threats that the reef has ever faced and that is dredging for port development and heavy metal contamination from mining.
Qld: ALP must not leave office without resolving police discipline matter
The Queensland Greens today urged the state government to take action over the failure of the Queensland Police Service to enforce any meaningful discipline over officers involved in the botched investigation into Mulrunji Doomadgee's death on Palm Island almost eight years ago.
Qld Hopeless flaw in Qld Gov't job strategy
The Queensland Greens say that state Treasurer Andrew Fraser's letter to Suncorp over their plans to offshore jobs prove how shortsighted the state government's job strategy is.
Qld 4000 gas wells and associated infrastructure in Sthn Qld -how many are underwater?
The Queensland Greens say that as the clean-up begins in southern Queensland from February flooding, we may have to wait months for information on damage from breached csg dams and holding ponds.
Qld Federal police spying on Queensland CSG protestors
The Queensland Greens say that information presented in the Senate in question time today should disturb every Queenslander who believes in the right to protest.
"Senator Ludwig made it clear that the federal police were undertaking surveillance of coal seam gas protestors," Queensland Greens state spokesperson Libby Connors said today.
Two inquiries in February-March are going to embarrass both Bligh and Newman
The Queensland Greens have warned that two inquiries are about to embarrass the two major parties in the lead up to the state election and prove that the Greens call for a coal and gas moratorium is warranted.
Fisheries Minister misses the obvious
The response of Fisheries Minister, Craig Wallace, to the preliminary report from Veterinary Scientist Dr Matt Landos on the health of barramundi caught in Gladstone Harbour is unsatisfactory and misses the point according to the Queensland Greens.
We want a nurturing culture not more audits in schools
State spokesperson for the Queensland Greens, Libby Connors, said that the Greens were not surprised at the split in ministerial ranks over the release of school audit results.
"The obsession with measuring and ranking is the antithesis of the stress-free but stimulating environment required for learning.
"That is true for children and it is true for teachers.