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Adam Bandt
Greens Leader & MP for Melbourne

Greens release plan to help artists make a living

8 June, 2016 - Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today released the Greens' plan to support artists to make a living and save for their retirement ahead of...

Greens will preference Labor in inner-Melbourne seats

8 June, 2016 - Greens MP Adam Bandt today confirmed that the Greens will preference Labor second in the fiver inner-city Melbourne seats of Melbourne, Batman, W...

Greens announce support for solar on homes and businesses

6 June, 2016 - Greens announce support for solar on homes and businesses   The Australian Greens have today released their plan to help homes, businesses and sc...

Greens push for 10,000 more family reunion visa places

3 June, 2016 - With the family reunion visa system struggling due to limited places, long waiting lists and excessive fees, the Australian Greens have outlined ...

Greens commit to keep community radio by restoring funding cuts

2 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens will ensure funding for community digital radio, saving the sector from Malcolm Turnbull’s plan to axe funding and, ultimat...

New costings show company tax cut even more expensive: Greens

2 June, 2016 - New costings from the independent Parliamentary Budget Office show the Budget would be $51b better off it the government’s big business tax cuts ...

Greens’ super plan would save $11 billion while boosting retirement income of low earners

1 June, 2016 - Greens’ Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt today announced that the Greens would save $11bn over the next four years by reining in unfair and unsus...

Greens release plan to revive Australian arts

30 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens today launched the first part of their arts policy, which will reverse the Liberals’ attacks on the arts by restoring their...

Australia dirtiest power station to close

26 May, 2016 - Greens Energy spokesperson Adam Bandt has welcomed reports that Australia’s dirtiest coal fired power station, Hazelwood, may close, but warned t...

Public must claw back the big bank subsidies revealed by RBA: Greens

26 May, 2016 - Following the Reserve Bank’s estimate that the major banks in Australia receive implicit public support worth up to about $4 billion a year, Gree...

7-Eleven head office must be made responsible for owed payments: Greens

25 May, 2016 - In light of 7-Eleven management sacking the independent Fels Wage Fairness Panel, Greens Employment spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today called on th...

7-Eleven must reveal how they will pay employees owed wages after closure of Fels Panel: Bandt

25 May, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP has said that reports that 7-Eleven has closed down the Fels Wage Fairness Panel are deepl...