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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

Raise JobSeeker

25 March, 2021 - by Adam Bandt  This government is cutting the support for people who are doing it tough as we deal with the pandemic. This government i...

The Government is acting for big corporations and billionaires

25 March, 2021 - by Adam Bandt — This Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 is the latest example of the government using COVID as a cover ...

It's closer than you think: new research shows 828 votes away from shared power

22 March, 2021 - A Parliamentary Library Brief, provided to the Greens, reveals that a minority parliament is only 828 votes away, and looms as one of the most ...

Housing is cooked

18 March, 2021 - By Adam Bandt A few years ago, I was sitting at one of my local listening posts, and someone called Penny came along and said: 'I've never b...

Morrison, Andrews have dropped ball on Yallourn

10 March, 2021 - The Greens have responded to the early closure of Yallourn by 2028 by slamming the Federal and State governments’ refusal to legislate a clear ...

More voices denounce Mathias Cormann's pitch for OECD Secretary General

9 March, 2021 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has welcomed the growing chorus of voices questioning Mathias Cormann’s suitability for the role o...

Billions in aged care profits must go to care instead

2 March, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says the first stop for funding needed improvements to aged care in the wake of the Royal Commission, should be to take...

Statement on the allegations against a Cabinet Minister

28 February, 2021 - Statement from Adam Bandt MP, Leader of the Australian Greens: There is now a dark cloud over the Cabinet and the government. We need to mak...

BOOT backdown no distraction, IR laws are extreme attack on job security

17 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Leader and former industrial relations lawyer, Adam Bandt, has outlined how the radical overhaul at the heart of the IR om...

Crossbench comes together to call for review of Parliament House culture

17 February, 2021 - Every member of the Lower House Crossbench has come together to demand an urgent review of workplace procedures at Australian Parliament Hou...

Government misleads on NZ & costs farmers $12 billion

9 February, 2021 - The Morrison/McCormack government isn’t just lying about New Zealand’s climate plan, it has cost farmers over $12 billion by repealing the ca...

McCormack's climate wrecking threatens Australia's children and agriculture

8 February, 2021 - Responding to the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement about the climate crisis that "We are not worried, or I’m certainly not worried, about wh...