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Greens slam new Woolloongabba PDA as affordable housing requirements cut
August 07, 2025
The LNP Government is proposing to cut existing affordable housing requirements from its amended Priority Development Area (PDA) Development Scheme, just days after refusing to answer Greens questions about the requirement in Parliament. Greens...
Read More ShareNew Qld land clearing figures show LNP must halt deforestation crisis - Greens
August 06, 2025
The Government has quietly released its latest Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS) Report, which shows concerning increases to clearing in a number of Queensland vegetation categories in 2022-23. The Greens are calling on...
Read More ShareLNP quietly scrapped developer licensing scheme proposal in return for big political donations
July 31, 2025
Greens questioning during Queensland Estimates hearings has confirmed the LNP Government quietly scrapped the independent recommendation for a developer licensing scheme without so much as an online media statement. Greens MP Michael Berkman says...
Read More ShareLNP may completely scrap the 2035 emissions target
July 30, 2025
Questions from Greens MP Michael Berkman last night revealed that the LNP State government will delay announcing the 2035 emissions target and may scrap it completely, leaving Queensland with no binding pathway to cut...
Read More SharePremier confirms his cabinet decided trans healthcare ban but he ‘can’t recall’ conversation with Health DG
July 29, 2025
Greens MP Michael Berkman says Premier David Crisafulli’s callousness is on full display following claims he “can’t recall” details of meetings with the Queensland Health Director-General, days before banning gender affirming care for young...
Read More ShareGreens: Budget shows the LNP doesn’t have the guts to govern for Queenslanders
June 25, 2025
Queensland Greens MP Michael Berkman says the LNP’s Budget is “uninspiring” and has again called on the Government to raise mining royalties to fund public services, infrastructure and cost of living relief for Queenslanders....
Read More ShareGreens' 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...
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