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Election called for September 14
The election has been called for September 14. Now we know the date when together we will decide on a future for our country. The election will be about how best to care for people and the environment, while continuing to act on climate change and securing the economy beyond the mining...
Abbott right on research funding: Bandt
Greens deputy leader and science and innovation spokesperson, Adam Bandt, has welcomed Tony Abbott's commitment to quarantine health and medical research from funding cuts. Mr Bandt has called on the Gillard government to match the commitment and for both the old parties to invest more in science and research. "Promising...
Press conference: Christine Milne and Adam Bandt
Senator Christine Milne and Adam Bandt discussed the Senate Committee report into electricity pricing, Greens motions in both houses on Newstart, and Greens' successful negotiations on pokies and wheat, and other issues of the day.
Ban ATM Fees at big 4 banks: Greens
Greens Deputy Leader and banking spokesperson, Adam Bandt, today released a proposal to ban the big 4 banks from charging ATM fees. "The big 4 banks should be required to offer fee-free ATM access to all Australians," said Mr Bandt. "The big banks made $23 billion in profits last year,...
Greens will move Bill to lift Newstart $50/week, costed at $2b a year
The Greens will move a Private Member's Bill when parliament resumes to help some of Australia's most vulnerable people, currently being ignored by the Government, by lifting the single rate of Newstart, Abstudy and the single living away from home Youth Allowance by $50 a week and indexing their growth...
Join me on the dole - Minister Bandt
Greens Acting Leader and MP for Melbourne, Adam Bandt, will try to live on the dole for a week in February and has invited Minister Jenny Macklin to join him. "In a shocking start to the New Year, Labor has kicked almost 100,000 single parents off their benefits and onto...
2013 should see government looking after people and the environment: Greens
Acting Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, outlined the Greens' plans for the New Year today as he marked the eve of cuts to single parents' payments. "The old parties' New Year's resolutions will ring hollow unless they are willing to face up to Australia's looming revenue challenge," said Mr Bandt. "In...
The Australian Greens best of 2012
As 2012 draws to a close, we should reflect on the significant political achievements of a productive minority Parliament, Acting Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, said today. Here is the Greens' ‘best of' for 2012: Best promise broken: the dropping of the surplus fetish, following persistent campaigning by the Greens, economists,...
Labor should tax millionaires, not slug single parents: Greens
Releasing the party's second initiative costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, Greens Acting Leader, Adam Bandt, said today that the government could raise $791m over 3 years by imposing a new 50% tax rate on millionaires, avoiding the need to cut single parent payments on New Year's Day.
Climate change means our fire services need more support: Bandt
Acting Greens leader, Adam Bandt, called today for a greater national focus on the growing fire risk that will come with accelerating climate change. "The Greens are very concerned that unless we get climate change under control, Australia may not have enough resources to deal with the growing number and...