Mining
The Australian Greens want a strong and diverse economy that sets us up for the long term and does not undermine our environment and the wellbeing of our communities.
The Greens want our future energy needs to be met using renewable energy. Continued reliance on polluting fossil fuels such coal and coal seam gas is destroying our environment, risking our food security, skewing the economy and affecting local communities.
Senior Treasury officials have refuted industry spin about job creation and the claims that the benefits of the mining boom are universal.
The Greens are taking action in the community and in the Parliament with bills to strengthen our national laws to protect our precious water resources, farmland, rural communities and environment from the impacts of rapacious mining.
Sign up to find out more about our work to protect our land, water, climate and communities from Coal Seam Gas mining.
video
02 Apr 2012
Senator Larissa Waters speaks to Graham Richardson on Sky's Richo program, regarding the outcome of the Queensland elections an...
media-releases
27 Mar 2012
This afternoon’s decision by the Land Court to recommend the approval of the 30 mega tonne per annum coal mine in Wandoan...
media-releases
23 Mar 2012
Premier Anna Bligh has listened to the Greens and environment groups and committed to protect Bimblebox Nature Refuge from Cliv...
media-releases
22 Mar 2012
The Labor, Liberal and National parties have again failed to commit to action on risky coal seam gas mining, voting down a seco...
media-releases
22 Mar 2012
The fate of Queensland’s Bimblebox Nature Refuge lies with how much power Clive Palmer will have over a Queensland LNP Go...
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22 Mar 2012
Senator Larissa Waters speaks to Fran Kelly at ABC Radio National's Breakfast program, about the upcoming Queensland elections,...
media-releases
21 Mar 2012
The mining boom driven by billionaire magnates like Clive Palmer is weakening the economy and damaging regional communities and...
media-releases
20 Mar 2012
A Government-commissioned study into the climate impacts of coal seam gas remains secret, after the Labor, Liberal and National...
video
20 Mar 2012
Senator Larissa Waters speaks to the hosts of Channel Ten Breakfast, along with Ed Husic and Josh Frydenburg.
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15 Mar 2012
Audio of Sen. Waters' doorstop in Canberra on the defeat of a Greens' inquiry into the impacts of the coal seam gas industry.