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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

Turnbull cabinet must start at top with tax reform: Greens

28 January, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that instead of considering a raise to the GST, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his...

‘Enterprise contracts’ would dramatically undermine minimum standards: Greens

27 January, 2016 - Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Liberal government’s consideration of adopting enterprise contracts for...

MYEFO is the canary in the coal mine

15 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP says Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook is the canary in the coal mine, reinforcing the need to...

Axing just 4 unfair tax breaks would plug Budget revenue hole: Greens

14 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP will today unveil costings on removing just four sets of unfair tax breaks that would cover forec...

Turnbull must now fix Abbott’s toll road woes

14 December, 2015 - Turnbull must now fix Abbott’s toll road woes The report handed down by the federal Auditor-General examining federal funding decisions for ...

Greens stand with MV Portland seafarers and their families

12 December, 2015 - Greens stand with MV Portland seafarers and their families  The Australian Greens call on the Liberal government to revoke the temporary shi...

Greens fear banks are coming after peoples’ super

10 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said he wants to make sure that the government’s exposure draft of further changes to super...

Labor Premiers selling out poor Australians by considering GST rise

9 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that Labor Premiers are selling out poor Australians by joining their Liberal colleague...

Innovation Statement welcome, but not enough to replace massive research cuts

7 December, 2015 - The Greens broadly welcome the Turnbull Government’s Innovation Statement, however it does not repair the huge damage done to the science and...

Government to support Greens amendments on corporate tax avoidance

3 December, 2015 - A standoff between the Turnbull Government and the Senate over multinational tax avoidance will be resolved this morning with the Government'...

National accounts figures show Australian economy still too reliant on mining exports: Greens

2 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the national accounts released this morning reveal that the Australian economy is still...

Senate puts ice on government’s ideological super attack

2 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP welcomed the crossbench Senators putting the ice on the government’s ideological attack on super t...