Adam Bandt transformed the Greens from party of the Senate to a party that could win lower house seats. It is a significant achievement for a third party.
Paddy Manning's take on the Greens is well worth reading. He wrote a book about the Greens and understands the party and its history
The results of my poll of 28 Mastodon users about who should be the next leader of the Australian Greens. Sarah Hanson-Young was supported by 43% of respondents. Larissa Waters had 25% support.
I listened to audio this morning from #ABC’s 7:30 last night.
#Albo is sounding very cocky & to my mind at least, sounded like he favours new mining projects, despite the #ClimateCrisis.
One reason I backed #TheGreens in the #FederalElection - to try & put a stop to more unwanted mines.
Oh. #AdamBandt. 
#auspol #Melbourne
Who would be the best person to lead the Australian Greens if Adam Bandt loses his seat?
#Goldstein & #Melbourne federal election counts continue to go down to the wire.
Nine Victorian seats remain too close to call, as counting continues in the federal election.
#Greens leader #AdamBandt and #Teal independent #ZoeDaniel are at risk of losing their seats.
#auspol #ausvotes
Adam Bandt:
“I congratulate the prime minister on his campaign and the strong position that they have got in government at the moment but what it means is that, with the Greens in sole balance of power in the #Senate at the moment, the government can’t blame other individual senators for not being able to get things through.
The only barrier to getting #dental into #Medicare now and passing it through the parliament is #labor.
The only obstacle to making #childcare #free is Labor.
The only obstacle to stopping new #coal and #gas #mines from being opened is Labor. We stand ready in the Senate to make this the most progressive parliament that Australia has seen.”
Fingers crossed for #AdamBandt & his continuing vote count. #auspol #TheGreens
Day 18 cont 
“It’s not a #Leaders #Debate, it’s a *group hug* as they take us further into housing hell.
Here’s a #DrinkingGame: have a shot every time they mention #NegativeGearing reform, #dental, stopping #coal [and] #gas or taxing #BigCorporations.
You’ll stay #sober as a judge.” — #AdamBandt 
#AusPol / #PoliticalReality / #leadership / #greens <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/16/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-coalition-labor-housing-cost-of-living-bandt-greens-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67ff2e378f08195611b68b24#block-67ff2e378f08195611b68b24>
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“we’re watching the world being burned down by powerful men – we just didn’t know they would be such #losers”.
There are millions of us across this country right now who do not want #Australia to go down the #USA route. Who want to detach ourselves from Donald Trump 
and to look after us in this country” — #AdamBandt
#AusPol / #Greens / #economics / #Defence / #RAN / #Dolphin / #Submarine / f #AUKUS / #straya / #merica <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/09/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-greens-adam-bandt-debate-gas-prices-cost-of-living-economy-tariffsntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2#block-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2>
“Now is precisely the wrong time for #Australia to be joined at the hip to #Trump.
Not only are these #AUKUS #submarines never going to arrive – because they’re not building them fast enough, & the #US government has said they don’t consider giving them to Australia as a priority – but …
They’re not about defending our country, they’re about joining Trump in his next attack that he wants to make on someone else.” #USPol #auspol #TheGreens #AdamBandt
#auspol #TheGreens leader, #AdamBandt, says #Australia should “end #Aukus” in response to #Trump’s latest #tariffs.
“End Aukus.
Forget Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’, today should be Australia’s liberation day — when we finally liberate ourselves from being shackled too closely to Trump.
Trump is dangerous. It’s time for Labor & Liberal to act. Let’s cancel AUKUS & set our own independent foreign policy.”
Via #ABC #AUSTRALIA, Mar 16, 2025
#Greens leader #AdamBandt has urged the government to walk away from the #AUKUS pact with the #UnitedStates, describing the imposition of #steel and #aluminium #tariffs as a "wake-up call" to rethink Australia's relationship with its key ally.
It comes as #Trade Minister #DonFarrell said the challenge going forward is figuring out what US President Donald #Trump wants and to "make an offer he can't refuse".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-16/greens-adam-bandt-aukus-insiders/105057580
Honestly #sabraLane is being so Murdoch this morning with #AdamBandt looking for a gotcha moment. Maybe she's trying to get on to 2GB Sydney.
#AdamBandt also said there were two conditions he wanted to raise:
The Greens want to see a freeze on power bills [for] two years. The Greens have made it clear to the government that we want to see more compensation owing to households, we want to see a freeze on power bills for the next two years. And as the government developed its assistance measures, over the next couple of months in the lead-up to February, the Greens continue to press for a two-year freeze on power bills.
@guardian
The Price Caps on #ThermalCoal & #MethaneGas will pass Federal Parliament tomorrow with the support of the #Greens & #DavidPocock !! 
Detailed reporting courtesy of the @guardian & #EmilyWind
Quoting #AdamBandt “Energy corporations for too long have been punishing people in this country and power bills are going through the roof.
According to #DanielHurst @guardian The #Greens said yesterday they would “oppose any compensation to coal corporations, and coal and gas corporations should instead fund higher levels of price bill relief through a windfall tax”.
The leader of the Greens, #AdamBandt, said his party also wanted “more money to go to households, renters and businesses, including to get off gas, switch to electric appliances and install batteries”.
I have quite a lot of sympathy for this position!
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