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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

Greens demand answers: did the PM mislead Parliament on Climate Summit invitation?

8 December, 2020 - There is now a serious question as to whether the Prime Minister has led Parliament, said Greens Leader, Adam Bandt.  Mr Bandt was today gagg...

Greens to amend IR bill to outlaw insecure work

7 December, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, said the Greens will move a series of amendments to the government’s industrial relations reforms to outlaw insecu...

Morrison must apologise to wine growers for diplomatic errors

4 December, 2020 - The Greens have today called on Scott Morrison to apologise to Australia’s wine growers and other producers, saying Morrison’s mistaken decis...

UK climate pledge leaves Australia naked ahead of crucial summit next week

4 December, 2020 - Ahead of next week’s Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UK government, Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt, said Scott Morrison wa...

Climate emergency declaration put to both houses: Liberals oppose, Labor split

2 December, 2020 - The Liberals and Labor have combined forces to block a Climate Emergency declaration in Australia, on the day our closest neighbours have dec...

Liberals and Labor team up to kill privatisation inquiry

1 December, 2020 - The Australian Greens have slammed Labor and Liberal for doing a deal to block the Greens’ inquiry into privatisation. After Greens Leader, A...

COVID is not a climate policy

30 November, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says the latest reported emissions drop, driven by the Covid-19 shutdowns, should provide no cover for the Morris...

Greens caution against weakening of IR laws, welcome Labor backing Greens’ gig-work policy

27 November, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has said his party will fight moves to weaken the ‘better off overall test’ and welcomed Labor’s support for exte...

As Morrison prepares the ground to ditch Kyoto credits Liberals and Labor both failing 2030 test

20 November, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says the Government is right to reconsider its 2030 climate ambitions, but needs to do far more than just drop th...

Greens the only friends of coal workers as Liberal and Labor remain in denial about ‘decades’ of coal

18 November, 2020 - The Australian Greens leader, Adam Bandt, has called on the leaders of the Liberal, Labor and National parties to stop peddling fantasies an...

Biden Climate Summit puts pressure on 2030 targets

13 November, 2020 - Time is ticking for the government and opposition to adopt science-based 2030 targets, with an upcoming US-led climate summit to be held bef...

Greens update MP Guidelines

12 November, 2020 - The Australian Greens Party Room has agreed to strengthen rules for Senators and MPs, making explicit a ban on sexual relations between any ...