• Australian Greens Senator for Queensland
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2011 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Fossil Fuel Industry (1 Jul 2026)

“The budget papers show that, by 2030, Australia will be burning even more diesel than today, diesel emissions will be higher and Australia will be more vulnerable to fuel shocks. How can you be serious about energy security and meeting your pathetic climate targets while continuing to subsidise big polluters with a fuel tax credit scheme?”

Questions without Notice: Fossil Fuel Industry (1 Jul 2026)

“This government is handing $627 million to BHP, Australia's most profitable company, and $416 million to Rio Tinto at the same time as you intend to kick 241,000 people off crucial, life-changing NDIS support. Why are you prioritising mining company handouts when disabled people are being asked to accept cuts?”

Questions without Notice: Fossil Fuel Industry (1 Jul 2026)

“The government hands over billions of dollars of public money every year to Australia's biggest and most profitable mining corporations through the Fuel Tax Credit scheme. It's cheap diesel for big polluters—fossil fuel subsidies while everyone else has to tighten their belts in a fuel crisis. It's public money to make climate pollution worse. It undermines the climate gains made by...”

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• Has spoken in 108 debates in the last year — well 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") 937 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

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