“The seat of Melbourne will be hotly contested at this year’s election. Adam Bandt is an excellent candidate for the Greens. With his strong background in industrial law with Slater & Gordon, Adam will give the Greens a very good chance of winning a lower house seat.”
- Senator Bob Brown
News
July 30, 2007 - Labor-Greens feud verging on war (The Australian)
...Mr Bandt said: "Mr Tanner should expect a backlash from voters in Melbourne if Labor is just going to copy Liberal policies and the progressive members of the party aren't going to distance themselves from it."
July 25, 2007 - Rudd and Howard in bed with the coal industry
The Greens NSW have released an online advertisement parodying Labor's "Howard Asleep on Climate Change" ad. The ad shows John Howard and Kevin Rudd in bed together and highlights the dangers of Labor and Liberal policies on global warming.
Despite the threat of climate change, Kevin Rudd has refused to set short term emission reduction targets, has committed to an expansion of the coal industry and the continued logging of old growth forests. Unproven "clean coal" - that won't be available for decades – is favoured by Labor over renewable energy such as wind, solar and geothermal. Rudd and Howard have also both ruled out a carbon tax to reduce emissions.
July 20, 2007 - Unions pressure ALP on Greens deal (The Australian)
Union leaders are pressuring the ALP to strike a preference deal with the Greens in a bid to ensure the non-Coalition parties win back Senate control.
July 18, 2007 - Union seeks Greens deal (Herald Sun)
The ALP should sign a preference deal with the Greens as a way of defeating John Howard and the Government's Work Choices legislation, the United Firefighters Union has urged.
June 28, 2007 - Adam's campaign launch
Senator Bob Brown helped launch Adam's campaign at Queen Victoria Market, a site that was saved from demolition in the 1970’s by workers taking unlawful industrial action. Under Howard's building laws, which are now also supported by Labor, such action today would lead to prosecution.
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Mighell finds it easier being Green (The Age)
June 20, 2007 - Stop Labor's Rent Rise
Did you know that Labor is planning to increase rents for public housing tenants? And that single parents will be the worst hit? And that the more children the tenant has, the more they will pay? This is outrageous, and the Greens will fight a campaign to stop the rise before it is implemented in 2008.
June 11, 2007 - Read what Adam & Richard said about two degrees in The Age
‘Liberal and Labor, make a call: how much heat can you stand?’ By Richard Di Natale and Adam Bandt
The Greens policy is to achieve emissions cuts of 30 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050. This would give us an 80 per cent chance of keeping the temperature rise below two degrees. How do the major parties compare?
