• Australian Greens Senator for Queensland
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2011 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Taxation (4 Feb 2026)

“():  I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher) to a question without notice asked by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Waters) today relating to taxation. Housing is the single biggest contributor to the recent inflation spike. It's not just the Greens saying it. The RBA governor yesterday singled out credit...”

Questions without Notice: Taxation (4 Feb 2026)

“On another unfair tax handout the Greens have called out for decades, scrapping fuel tax credits, which give cheap diesel to big mining companies, would free up around $8 billion a year, which could be used for cost-of-living relief to households. If Labor is going to cut spending to deal with inflation, will you cut this unfair fossil fuel subsidy for big mining companies?”

Questions without Notice: Taxation (4 Feb 2026)

“There's speculation today that Labor will reform the capital gains tax discount in this year's budget. According to Treasury, an astonishing 54 per cent of this tax handout goes to the wealthiest one per cent and just four per cent of it goes to people under 35. This is the most unfair tax handout in the Commonwealth tax code. When will Labor scrap this handout to the one per cent?”

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• Has spoken in 78 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 16 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
• 21 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Larissa Waters speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 890 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Larissa Waters's latest interest statementLast updated: 19 Jan 2026