News, Articles & Media

Adam Bandt
MP for Melbourne (2010-2025) and Greens Leader (2020-2025)

Greens seek PM's support for COVID leave bill

29 July, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has written to the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, seeking time when Parliament resumes in August to pass a Greens’ b...

Shadow Minister puts Labor in lockstep with Liberals on climate

28 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says statements today from Labor’s Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources, Joel Fitzgibbon, put the...

Unions, welfare groups & Greens all back jobs over tax cuts

28 July, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt, has commended peak worker and social services groups for coming out hard against the proposed accel...

Costings show bringing forward tax cuts would cost an extra $28 billion

27 July, 2020 - The Australian Greens have released costings from the Parliamentary Budget Office on the cost of bringing forward income tax cuts. The costings ...

Greens will oppose Liberal & Labor agreed cuts to low-income JobKeeper and JobSeeker

21 July, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt and spokesperson on Family and Community Services Senator Rachel Siewert have responded to today's announcement that th...

Statement from Adam Bandt on the cancellation of Parliament

18 July, 2020 - Democracy should not be a victim of the pandemic. We need a health-first approach if we are to have any chance of effectively eliminating commun...

Tax cuts for the rich, austerity for the poor: PM & Labor embark on stupidest possible tax policy during an outbreak

9 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has described the Morrison Government’s ideological determination to cut taxes for high income earners as i...

Tehan childcare rules risks collapse of childcare centres: Bandt

8 July, 2020 - As Melbourne goes back into stage 3 lockdowns, the Federal government is pulling the major childcare supports which played a positive role in the...

Public Housing health response should be led by care, not force

5 July, 2020 - The Greens have today said the Andrews State Government’s unprecedented lockdown of social housing blocks had created appalling outcomes for tena...

Statement on Eden-Monaro

4 July, 2020 - I want to thank our fantastic candidate, Cathy Griff, and the wonderful members and supporters of the NSW Greens, especially in Eden-Monaro, who ...

Greens announce new climate targets as modelling shows higher 2030 targets needed to meet Paris goals

3 July, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has released new analysis showing that because pollution has increased so much since the Liberals repealed the carbon pr...

Greens call on Morrison Government to take action over Hong Kong National Security Law

1 July, 2020 - The Australian Greens condemn in the strongest possible terms the Chinese Government’s decision to override Hong Kong’s legislature and pass drac...