Qld News & Media Releases

Government must heed the advice of its Women's Economic Equality Taskforce

19 April, 2023 - The Greens are calling on the Government to accept all recommendations of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce (WEET) in the May Budget, and...

Reviews are in: AAD culture is bad for women

5 April, 2023 - With yet another damning report confirming widespread cultural problems at the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), the Greens are calling for T...

Greens back Senate inquiry into Brisbane Olympics

30 March, 2023 - The Greens have backed a Senate inquiry into the 2032 Brisbane Olympics which will investigate Australia’s preparedness to host the Games, its ...

Attitude adjustment needed on gendered violence

29 March, 2023 - Today’s release of the latest National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Survey (NCAS) shows that serious cultural change is n...

Greens welcome family law reforms that put kids first

29 March, 2023 - The Greens welcome the introduction of family law amendments aimed at putting children’s welfare first in family law matters. After years of...

LNP’s Gladstone nukes plan is utter madness

28 March, 2023 - The Greens have slammed a push by three Queensland LNP MPs to establish a nuclear submarine base in the Port of Gladstone in Central Queensland...

Urgent cost-of-living response needed for women and children in poverty

28 March, 2023 - Recent reports from ACOSS and analysis by Anti-Poverty Week have confirmed that poverty and homelessness are disproportionately impacting women...

Labor deals blow to renewable energy transition

24 March, 2023 - The Greens say the government must include funding for an independent statutory National Energy Transition Authority (NETA) in the May budget a...

Greens MP: Government must act now to prevent further harm to trans community

19 March, 2023 - Stephen Bates MP for Brisbane and Australian Greens’ Spokesperson for LGBTQIA+ wrote to Immigration Minister Andrew Giles on 19 January, callin...

Status of Women Report Card: failing with flying colours

8 March, 2023 - The Greens note today’s announcement of Status of Women Report Card, but a mere distillation of existing data is inadequate, we need actions and...

Greens seek to cooperate with Government to deliver National Energy Transition Authority

28 February, 2023 - The Greens have offered to cooperate with the Government to establish a National Energy Transition Authority, with a Bill currently before t...

Greens to introduce Bill to remove 20% cap on federal public schools funding

24 February, 2023 - The Greens will introduce a Bill to remove the arbitrary 20% cap on Commonwealth funding for public schools’ Schooling Resource Standard. ...

National Reconstruction Fund could become slush fund for coal and gas, Estimates confirms

18 February, 2023 - Questions in Senate Estimates asked by Australian Greens Industry spokesperson Senator Penny Allman-Payne revealed that the Government could...

Federal Labor washing its hands of Gabba rebuild

13 February, 2023 - Questions in Senate Estimates asked by Queensland Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne revealed that the federal government is outsourcing Inte...

Dodgy donation laws a safe bet for gambling industry

9 February, 2023 - News that the Communications Minister, who oversees the Interactive Gambling Act and was previously the shadow minister in charge of online b...