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Greens' response to the LNP's ban on hormone therapy and gender health treatment
January 28, 2025
The Queensland LNP government has banned any new patients under the age of 18 from being able to access hormone treatments or puberty blockers.
Read More ShareQld detention centre sentences make serious offending worse, new figures show
January 14, 2025
New data uncovered by the Greens shows young people who spend time in Cleveland Youth Detention Centre offend more seriously upon release than before they were imprisoned.
Read More ShareNew LNP environment minister confirms climate “sceptic” views in Question Time
December 11, 2024
Queensland Greens MP Michael Berkman says the LNP’s new Environment Minister Andrew Powell’s climate sceptic views are anti-science and dangerous for Queensland. In response to Berkman’s questioning in Parliament, Powell said today that he...
Read More ShareFamilies to gather for giant rhyme time to protest LNP cuts
November 26, 2024
Hundreds of parents and their kids are set to gather at King George Square this Wednesday for a giant rhyme time and to protest the LNP’s cuts to the hugely popular free children’s literacy...
Read More SharePetition to save Rhyme Time cracks 2000 signatures in under 24 hours
November 19, 2024
Greens MP for Maiwar Michael Berkman’s petition to save children’s literacy sessions like rhyme time, story time and toddler time from cuts has received 2,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. The LNP Council...
Read More ShareBig Doorknocking Energy: Key Greens campaigns have knocked over 110,000 doors as voting begins
October 14, 2024
As early voting booths open for the State election, the Queensland Greens reveal they have knocked on over 110,000 doors, concentrated in six key seats of Cooper, McConnel, Greenslopes, Miller, South Brisbane and Maiwar....
Read More ShareGreens say RBA, big banks ‘tormenting mortgage holders’, call for State-owned bank
September 25, 2024
The Queensland Greens have responded to the RBA’s decision to keep interest rates on hold despite growing mortgage stress by reiterating calls for a Queensland Public Bank that would offer interest rates 1.5% below...
Read More ShareGreens slam LNP’s crime plans as reactive, not preventive
September 24, 2024
The Queensland Greens say the LNP’s youth justice proposals, including today’s announcement about sentencing reforms, will make community safety worse, not better, by landing more children in youth prisons that have proven to be...
Read More ShareQld Greens demand major parties return developer-linked donations and act on housing crisis
September 23, 2024
The Queensland Greens are calling on Labor and the LNP to return donations from companies linked to developers, arguing the major parties’ failed housing policies have been influenced by property industry cash.
Read More ShareGreens to create a publicly owned mining company for Qld
September 11, 2024
The Greens are announcing plans to establish Queensland Minerals, a State Government-owned mining company that would expand critical minerals production in Queensland’s North-West Minerals Province and make sure the profits are shared fairly.
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