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Labor must reject National Energy Guarantee: Bandt
Australian Greens climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP has welcomed reports Federal Labor intends to reject the National Energy Guarantee and has called on Labor premiers to join them.
Greens welcome ACTU climate action
Australian Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson on climate and energy, Adam Bandt MP, has welcomed the ACTU’s adoption at its National Congress of a strong platform for action on climate change.
AEMO report shows only ‘6 coal-fired power stations’ will be left: Bandt
Despite government spin, the electricity market operator’s plan released today shows a future with almost no coal-fired power is coming, Greens climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said today.
If you’re ‘technology agnostic’ you’re committing a climate crime: Bandt
If you’re ‘technology agnostic’ you’re committing a climate crime: Bandt Greens Acting Leader and climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the myth peddled by Malcolm Turnbull and the ACCC that energy policy should be "technology agnostic" is committing a climate crime. “When it comes to...
ACCC diagnoses energy ‘market’ broken, but prescription will make problems worse: Bandt
ACCC diagnoses energy ‘market’ broken, but prescription will make problems worse: Bandt Greens Acting Leader and climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the ACCC report shows that treating electricity like a stockmarket has failed, but that it calls for more of the same in the...
Greens launch push for parliamentary commission of inquiry into the failures of deregulation and privatisation of electricity retailers.
Greens launch push for parliamentary commission of inquiry into the failures of deregulation and privatisation of electricity retailers. Greens Acting Leader and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt MP, today announced that the Greens will introduce a bill into both the Senate and the House of Representatives to establish a parliamentary commission of inquiry...
Abbott channelling Trump to sabotage NEG: Bandt
Abbott channelling Trump to sabotage NEG: Bandt Greens Acting Leader and climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today slammed Tony Abbott for calling on the government to abandon the Paris Agreement. Bandt said that Abbott’s comments coincide with a push from the coal-hugging National party to establish a...
Grattan report shows market era is over for electricity: Bandt
Grattan report shows market era is over for electricity: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the report released by The Grattan Institute shows the consequences of running the electricity grid like a stockmarket, instead of as a public good. Bandt called on the...
Greens launch industrial relations platform
Greens launch industrial relations platform Greens spokesperson for industrial relations Adam Bandt MP will today launch ‘Good Work: The Greens’ 10 industrial relations principles for re-writing our labour laws’. The ten principles contained in the policy form the foundation of the Greens’ industrial relations vision for a more equal Australia, and...
Bandt introduces bill to lift minimum wage
Bandt introduces bill to lift minimum wage Greens employment spokesperson and former industrial relations lawyer, Adam Bandt MP, today introduced legislation into the House of Representatives that would set the national minimum wage at 60% of the median full-time wage, to be phased in by the Fair Work Commission (FWC)....