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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

The Year Ahead In Parliament

22 February, 2024 - the year ahead in Federal Parliament  By Adam Bandt MP, Leader of the Australian Greens    In Canberra over the last...

Labor’s sneaky scheme would bypass environment laws for new offshore gas projects

15 February, 2024 - Labor’s last-minute attempt today to allow the Minister to bypass environmental law when approving new offshore gas projects has been slamme...

Greens say Parliament’s continued backing of Israel’s invasion “unforgivable”

7 February, 2024 - History will condemn Labor’s backing of a massive humanitarian catastrophe, the Greens say, after the government voted with the opposition to...

Greens win a Right to Disconnect in Fair Work bill

7 February, 2024 - Following months of negotiations with the government and the crossbench, the Greens have secured support in their push for a legislated right...

Three times the average wage earner’s tax cut going to billionaires, CEOs and politicians: Greens

26 January, 2024 - Responding to Labor’s reheated Stage 3 tax cuts announcements, the Greens - who have opposed the Stage 3 tax cuts package since their incepti...

Emissions up as Labor approves new coal and gas

30 November, 2023 - With official emissions data revealing today that emissions under Labor have risen 3.6 million tonnes this year, the Greens have said that L...

Labor’s new ‘Hard to Get’ housing policy tinkers at the edges while housing crisis gets worse

30 November, 2023 - Greens leader Adam Bandt has today responded to Labor’s shared equity scheme, calling it deeply inadequate and raising concerns that it coul...

Labor votes for more gas as broken Gas Code narrowly passes Senate

27 November, 2023 - In the Senate this afternoon Labor voted to open new gas fields, with its gas code narrowly avoiding a Senate defeat by 16 votes to 21. L...

Greens back Pacific call on coal and gas

7 November, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has backed calls by current and former Pacific leaders for Australia to end support for more coal and gas ahead of P...

Greens call for an end to defence exports to Israel

2 November, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt, speaking ahead of the Melbourne Institute's 2023 Social & Economic Outlook Conference, which he is addressing a...

Greens condemn Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza, condemn Labor’s failure to vote for ceasefire

29 October, 2023 - The Greens have reiterated their calls for a ceasefire and condemned Australia’s failure to vote for a humanitarian ceasefire at the UN Gener...