Queensland Greens

For people and the planet 💚

Authorised by K. Carra, Queensland Greens, 31 Merivale Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101.

[Queensland Greens @QldGreens]

The economy isn't working for the 99% of people who work hard in Australia - it's working for the top 1%. The Greens want that to change.

Want the economy to work for YOU, not just the 1%?

Join the campaign: https://t.co/GbsWuIWYeZ

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

Groundbreaking proposal from billionaire Murdoch’s mouthpiece: have we tried going after everyday people?

Hey, NewsCorp, here’s a better way to get free up billions: Pay your taxes.

Tax the 1%. Tax gas exports. Let’s make the big end of town pay their fair share.

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

Labor’s reckless proposal to kill off the CHSP has no friends. Advocates, providers, unions, experts, First Nations organisations, local governments – no one wants this.

If the government continues down this path there will be catastrophic consequences for older people.

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

The CHSP provides a vital service affordably to older Australians. Instead of eliminating it, Labor should listen to the evidence and start funding it properly.

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

Labor’s aged care reforms are unravelling.

After backtracking on some copayments and letting the Support at Home wait list blow out to over 200,000, a Greens-led Senate inquiry has recommended Labor cancel their dangerous plan to eliminate the Commonwealth Home Support Program.

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

Under the NDIS people with MND are able to access around $300k a year for their complex needs. It’s often not enough. But if you’re diagnosed with MND over 65, the most you can get in an aged care package is $78k . It's utterly absurd. @mndaustralia @MNDQueensland

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

This Labor Government is cutting services because they’re too cowardly to tax the superprofits of corporations, or stand up to Trump on AUKUS.

But the disability community is no punching bag - and as you fight back, the Greens will fight with you.

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

The Greens have won some failsafe changes that limit some of the worst harms in case of a Liberal/Labor deal.

Even with these changes, the Greens will not support the NDIS Bill. We’ll vote against them if they come to a vote, and will do everything we can to slow & block them.

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

Right now, the Liberals still back Labor’s cuts, so the bill could still pass - but support is collapsing.

Parliament debated withdrawing the bill entirely yesterday, and voices of concern grow louder.

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

Labor’s momentum for these cuts is crumbling. Expert after expert has opposed them, and the disability community has been a staunch, unified voice in opposition.

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

A quick update on the fight to stop Labor’s NDIS cuts: the Greens have delayed these cruel cuts by another 8 weeks as we work to stop them entirely.

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

The Greens have suspended standing orders in the Senate to debate a motion calling on Labor to withdraw its devastating NDIS bill.

This bill must not pass.

[Steph Hodgins-May @stephhodginsmay]

Albo met with the chair of Shell, just to assure him that he’s not going to implement the tax on gas exports that we all want to see.

Shell wouldn’t have called this meeting if they weren’t nervous - let’s keep the pressure on with a national vote at https://t.co/X9mnBNSFAT

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

The Greens represent everything that Hanson and her billionaire backers loathe. We’ll always fight for better pay and conditions for workers, for a fairer and more just society, and for human rights for all.

And unlike One Nation, we can’t be bought.

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

The Greens, crossbench and community organisations have launched a campaign for a national vote on a gas export tax.

Because it’s time we break the gas lobby’s grip on Canberra and put power back where it belongs: with you.

Add your voice https://t.co/5mXejvdPYM

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

Just last week, the Liberals, Labor and One Nation refused to support a gas exports tax in parliament.

But, we aren’t backing down.

If the politicians in Canberra are too compromised by corporate donations to act, then we need to take the decision out of their hands.

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

Right now the Prime Minister is only listening to one group: the gas industry.

He’s taking their money, he’s parroting their talking points, he’s writing legislation that benefits them.

The one thing he's not doing? Making them pay their fair share.

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

The Greens don’t take corporate donations, we’re not beholden to any billionaires, and the things we’re fighting for are the things that make Australia such a great place to live.

We can fight back; but can’t do it alone.

Join us https://t.co/YYBwqqTj5Z

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

The billionaires and big corporations out-lobby and out-donate, buying up politicians like yet another asset in their portfolio.

And that puts Labor, the Libs, One Nation on a unity ticket.

They’re fine with the status quo; wouldn’t want to upset their donors.

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

Elon Musk is now the first trillionaire, but no one is celebrating this terrifying milestone.

With $1 trillion, Musk could give $100 to every single person on Earth, and still be one of the ten richest people in the world.

He’d still have $184 billion in the bank!

[Larissa Waters @larissawaters]

The government has been trying to sell these cuts to the Australian community as an anti-fraud measure, but this bill isn’t anti-fraud, it’s anti-disabled people.

And it’s an indictment of Labor’s Budget priorities.