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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

Greens will legislate to protect penalty rates, Labor should too

16 May, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today joined Greens candidate for Grayndler Jim Casey to announce that the Greens will leg...

Greens will reverse cuts to Australia Council & the arts

13 May, 2016 - Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Greens will reverse the Liberals’ devastating cuts to the Australia Council following repor...

Landmark report shows need to modernise logging industry

13 May, 2016 - Landmark report shows need to modernise logging industry In light of a landmark report by the NSW National Parks Association on the failure of th...

Only party preferencing Liberals is Labor: Bandt

10 May, 2016 - Greens Federal Member for Melbourne Adam Bandt MP today said the only party preferencing the Liberals is Labor. “There is no deal. Let's be clear...

Government arts funding decision ‘disturbing’: Greens

9 May, 2016 - Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said it was disturbing that the government has allocated almost half of the four year Catalyst fundin...

Budget a ‘house of cards’; super measures underwhelming

4 May, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the government’s so-called new ‘Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset’ (LISTO) is really just...

Budget closes curtains on opportunity to restore Australian Arts: Greens

4 May, 2016 - Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison closed the curtains on the opportunity to restore funding, i...

Budget, like Turnbull, a massive let-down: Greens

3 May, 2016 - "This Budget is a massive let-down, just like Malcolm Turnbull has turned out to be," said Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale. "The govern...

Greens move to transform electricity system with new government authority

2 May, 2016 - Greens Energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today introduced the Renew Australia Bill 2016 into the House of Representatives to create a new governme...

Liberals set to deliver ‘Budget for the billionaires’

2 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Liberals are set to deliver a Budget that will grow inequality by including company tax cuts and income tax cuts for...

Greens release economic principles for upcoming Budget and election

29 April, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP and Finance spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today released the party’s Budget Principles for...

New CSIRO climate science centre a ‘sleight of hand’

26 April, 2016 - Greens Science spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the CSIRO management’s announcement of a new climate science centre in Hobart is really ju...