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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

Ready for the rest of 2020

26 June, 2020 - Much of this year has felt like being in a washing machine: hard to know which way is up. But more recently, things are starting to come togethe...

Climate wars won't end by surrendering

24 June, 2020 - The Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has said Labor’s latest offer to embrace carbon capture and storage won’t help tackle the climate emer...

National sick leave vital as COVID containment remains precarious: Bandt

22 June, 2020 - As new infections increase again with many happening at workplaces, the Greens say there is new urgency to give every worker 14 days COVID sick ...

Greens make crucial Eden-Monaro preferences decision

14 June, 2020 - In Eden-Monaro, where in 2019 Greens’ preferences were crucial in determining the final result, the Greens have made a decision about who will a...

Government says a woman’s place is barefoot and pregnant in a renovated kitchen

9 June, 2020 - Responding to the government’s decision to axe JobKeeper early in childcare, end free childcare and ignore the high rates of women losing work in...

Greens will fight looming Labor/Liberal JobKeeper cuts

5 June, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has responded to reports the government is considering Labor’s proposal to cut JobKeeper payments for people previously ...

Morrison has no pathway out of recession

3 June, 2020 - Responding to today’s alarming economic figures, Greens Leader Adam Bandt said Scott Morrison has no plan to get the country out of recession and...

Morrison must call out Trump’s moves towards fascism

3 June, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP, has today called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to stop being subservient to Donald Trump and i...

Gov's pathetic emissions figures based off dead livestock and shattered dreams

29 May, 2020 - Today’s pathetic emissions reduction figures confirm the government is set to waste another year in reducing carbon pollution instead of embracin...

Greens to push bill to extend JobKeeper & JobSeeker, invest in recovery

25 May, 2020 - With JobKeeper set for a $60b underspend, the Greens will introduce legislation to the Senate when Parliament resumes in June to extend JobSeeker...

Australian Greens condemn attempts to ratchet up repression in Hong Kong

22 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens condemn the Chinese Government’s plans to enact sweeping new national security laws in Hong Kong, with Leader of the Austra...

Statement from Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt on news that JobKeeper estimates are $60 billion off

22 May, 2020 - "Wow." "Now Scott Morrison has no excuse not to extend JobKeeper to all who need it, retain the new JobSeeker rate, give a Jobs and Income Guaran...