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Greens announce plan to make club sport free for every Queenslander under 18
September 30, 2020
Under a Queensland Greens plan announced today every Queenslander under 18 would have their club sport registration costs for one free season of club sport per year covered by the State Government, with the...
Read More ShareQld Greens propose citizen juries and binding height limits under new bold planning scheme
September 24, 2020
The Queensland Greens have announced an ambitious plan to overhaul Queensland’s planning system, trialing citizen juries and binding community votes to draft neighbourhood plans, making height limits and greenspace provisions non-negotiable and binding, and...
Read More ShareQld Labor's decision to cut renters protections is "appalling" - Greens
September 16, 2020
Greens MP Michael Berkman has slammed Labor’s decision today to exclude residential renters from its tenancy protections after 30 September.
Read More ShareGreens call to scrap “public drunkenness” offence from Queensland’s laws
September 09, 2020
Greens MP Michael Berkman has today asked whether the Labor State government will scrap Queensland’s “public drunkenness” offence, in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and public spotlight on Indigenous deaths in custody. ...
Read More ShareQld Government must extend rental evictions ban - Greens
September 08, 2020
Greens MP Michael Berkman has called on the Labor State government to extend its COVID-19 protections for renters, including an evictions ban and rent reductions, until at least 2021 in light of the growing...
Read More ShareGreens call for state owned solar panel, wind turbine and green steel factories to kickstart manufacturing boom
August 27, 2020
The Greens have announced a plan to build publicly owned solar panel, wind turbine and green steel manufacturing plants in Townsville, Rockhampton and Gladstone, laying the foundations for a revived Queensland manufacturing industry capable...
Read More ShareABC site sale is a 'golden opportunity' to create a public park for Toowong: Greens MP
August 18, 2020
With news this week that private developer Sunland is selling the old ABC site on Coronation Drive, Toowong, the local Greens MP Michael Berkman has renewed his calls for Government to buy back the...
Read More ShareGreens MP requests coronial inquest into cyclist Carolyn Lister's death
July 23, 2020
Queensland’s sole Greens MP has today written to the State Coroner requesting an inquest into the death of cyclist Carolyn Lister outside the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital on 30 June. His letter follows...
Read More ShareGreens demand more social housing as wait list blows out to 47,000
July 23, 2020
The Greens are demanding greater investment in social housing as new analysis shows the number of people on the social housing wait list has blown out to around 47,000 - an increase of 20%...
Read More ShareNew school is a huge win to fix overcrowding in the inner west, says local Greens MP
July 14, 2020
Greens MP for Maiwar Michael Berkman is celebrating a huge win today as the State government announced that a new primary school will be built for Brisbane’s inner west by 2023.
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