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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

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Leader Adam Bandt has released new analysis showing that because pollution has increased so much since the Liberals repealed the carbon pr...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...

Australia must urgently condemn Israel’s annexation plans: Bandt

26 June, 2020 - The Greens call on the Australian Government to add its voice to global calls and forcefully speak out against the Israeli Government’s plans to...

Public ownership of Qantas International should be on the table: Bandt

26 June, 2020 - It is time to talk about bringing Qantas International into public ownership as part of any further assistance package, Leader of the Australian...