Qld News & Media Releases

Religious discrimination review can't be a trojan horse for hate

18 March, 2024 - The Australian Law Reform Commission’s review into religious educational institutions and anti-discrimination laws will be tabled in Parliament...

Labor’s NT school deal locks in underfunding for every student

13 March, 2024 - Labor’s deal with the NT government on public school funding is too little, too late, and will actually lock in underfunding for the most disad...

Gender strategy still making women wait for equality

7 March, 2024 - Today’s Gender Equality Strategy: Working for Women has finally been released, but as we have come to expect from this government, it’s big on f...

Greens call aircraft noise reduction trial a ‘sham’, call for new trial

7 March, 2024 - Under questioning from Greens Senator Janet Rice, Airservices Australia have admitted their full runway trial to reduce noise over Brisbane resi...

Labor finally getting on board with the Greens policy to pay super on PPL

7 March, 2024 - The Greens welcome Labor’s decision to finally get on board with the Greens’ policy to pay parents superannuation on paid parental leave (PPL).&...

NSW Police prefer pinkwashing to real accountability

29 February, 2024 - The pressure that the NSW Police, conservative media and state government have placed on Mardi Gras to change their decision to uninvite the...

Government should stop subsidising discrimination as gender pay gap data is revealed

27 February, 2024 - The Greens welcome the release of employer-level gender pay gap data by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) today, a move that we ha...

Transphobic Liberals try another stunt to peddle hate

27 February, 2024 - After tabling his transphobic and homophobic bill to Parliament last year, Senator Alex Antic has brought on a motion today to have his bill...

Greens welcome National Student Ombudsman, but it must have teeth

23 February, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Greens Senate leader Senator Larissa Waters welcome the announcement today that...

Labor refuses to ditch dodgy Morrison-era loophole from public school funding agreements

15 February, 2024 - In Senate Estimates this morning Labor refused to rule out dropping the dodgy accounting trick from bilateral funding agreements which allow...

Youth mental health in worst shape ever because of climate and housing crises

12 February, 2024 - New data from the 2021 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia report has shown youth mental health at the worst since tracking b...

Still no enforcement body to hold MPs to account, two years on

7 February, 2024 - Today is the second anniversary of the day the government adopted former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins’ Set the Standards repo...

Greens win Senate inquiry into aircraft noise

6 February, 2024 - MEDIA RELEASE Greens win Senate inquiry into aircraft noise 6/2/2024 The Senate today agreed to establish an inquiry into a...

End dodgy accounting tricks in new public school funding deals

1 February, 2024 - The Greens say Labor must eliminate dodgy accounting tricks from new bilateral deals on school funding, with states and territories currently...

New year, same political donors and weak laws

1 February, 2024 - Political donations data published today by the Australian Electoral Commission shows that while the government may have changed at the last ...