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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

Expanded values test is unnecessary

28 August, 2020 - The Government’s attempts to force citizens through an expanded values test is unnecessary, the Greens say, while welcoming the commitment to ...

Orwellian Gov bill defines gas as clean energy, war as peace and freedom as slavery

27 August, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt, has today slammed as Orwellian a new Bill from the Morrison government that redefines ‘low emissi...

PM must strip Abbott’s pension if reported foreign ties are true

27 August, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has said Scott Morrison must strip Tony Abbott of his Prime Ministerial pension, if reports are correct that Abbott...

Greens move to stop Government JobKeeper 2.0 wage cut powers

25 August, 2020 - The Greens have described a government bill to extend IR ‘flexibility’ and create a special tier of businesses as corporate welfare at workers...

10 Years on, Greens-Labor Agreement a formula for progressive change

21 August, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the power sharing Parliament and the agreement between Labor and the Greens...

Law change necessary after low minimum wage decision

19 August, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has today said the 2019-20 annual wage review increase was too low and that a change to the Fair Work Act was now ...

Youth Job Guarantee needed

18 August, 2020 - Responding to today’s devastating job figures that see youth unemployment at a 23 year high, Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, called on the gover...

We need a federal inquiry into the Ruby Princess: Greens

15 August, 2020 - The Australian Greens have today called for a federal inquiry into the Ruby Princess, to allow federal biosecurity officials to testify on the...

Labor must stop JobKeeper double games

13 August, 2020 - With the Liberals needing Senate support for their plans to slash JobKeeper payments to low-income earners, the Australian Greens have describ...

Greens reject government JobKeeper/IR blackmail

12 August, 2020 - Following reports that the government cynically intends to link extended JobKeeper support in some businesses to a removal of the industrial r...

Labor shouldn't be warming to a Liberal gas plan that's seriously fracking bad: Greens

12 August, 2020 - The Greens have responded to Labor’s official endorsement (through its Shadow Resources Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon) of the Liberals’ plan to su...

JobKeeper expansion still leaves millions of workers missing out

7 August, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says today's announcement that the government will expand JobKeeper suggests lessons have not been learned from the fi...