Qld News & Media Releases

Public school funding gap a fraction of government spending on private sector

28 August, 2023 - The Greens say that the funding shortfall to public schools could be met by reducing government spending on the overfunded private system by o...

Greens call on Labor to consider renationalising Qantas if it refuses to pay back Covid subsidies

25 August, 2023 - The Greens are calling on Qantas to pay back the $2.7 billion in public money it received during the Covid pandemic, and requesting that the f...

Incremental change to gender pay gap little comfort as cost of living bites

25 August, 2023 - On Equal Pay Day this year, women will have worked an extra 56 days, on average, to earn the same as men. The current national gender pay gap ...

Disadvantaged students pay price for two-tiered school system

23 August, 2023 - The Greens say today’s NAPLAN results are evidence that Australia’s two-tiered school system is supercharging disadvantage, and have called fo...

Full funding needed to end violence against women and children

17 August, 2023 - The Greens welcome the belated release of the First Action Plan and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plan under the National P...

Senate's school refusal report a positive first step

10 August, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed a Senate report on school refusal and have called on the federal government to work with states and territories to im...

More action needed to address sexual violence on university campuses

9 August, 2023 - The Greens are in solidarity with tireless campaigning groups like End Rape on Campus, Fair Agenda, The STOP Campaign and the National Union of...

Majority of Australians agree: no more public money for political donors

8 August, 2023 - Research published by The Australia Institute today confirms what we already knew - public money for political donors is a shady practice, and ...

Full funding for public schools now

2 August, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed the AEU’s new campaign for fully funded public schools and are calling on governments to stop gifting money to elite p...

Greens back calls for independent body to hold universities to account on sexual violence

26 July, 2023 - Despite the tireless efforts of advocates like End Rape on Campus and Fair Agenda to hold universities accountable, far too many students, parti...

Universities Australia consent education axing an embarrassment

22 July, 2023 - Report from The Saturday Paper: Universities Australia have shelved a student-facing respectful relationships campaign because a minority of vic...

No more public money for political donors

21 July, 2023 - Greens leader in the Senate Larissa Waters will introduce a private members Bill when parliament resumes to stop political donors from being awa...

Government spending on private schools grows at double the rate of public schools

17 July, 2023 - New analysis by the Parliamentary Library reveals that in the decade since the Gonski Review Australian governments have increased funding to pr...

A welcome MS-2 step towards better abortion access

11 July, 2023 - Allowing more medical practitioners and pharmacists to supply the abortion pill is a huge step forward in improving access to reproductive choic...