Adam Bandt

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Adam Bandt
MP
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Melbourne
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 August 2010
Preceded by Lindsay Tanner
Personal details
Born Adam Paul Bandt
11 March 1972 (1972-03-11) (age 39)
Adelaide, South Australia
Political party Australian Greens
Domestic partner Claudia Perkins
Residence Parkville, Victoria
Alma mater Murdoch University
Profession Barrister
Website Adam Bandt

Adam Paul Bandt (born 11 March 1972) is an Australian politician and former industrial lawyer. Bandt was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in the 2010 Australian federal election for the Division of Melbourne. He is the second member of the Australian Greens to be elected to the lower house of the Parliament of Australia, after Michael Organ, but the first to be elected at a general election. Bandt had previously contested the seat in 2007 and narrowly lost to Lindsay Tanner.[1]

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[edit] Background

Adam Bandt was born in Adelaide, South Australia—a descendant of German immigrants who emigrated to the Hahndorf and Barossa Valley regions in the 1800s. As a child, his family moved to Perth, Western Australia where he attended high school and university before moving to Melbourne.[2] Prior to his election to parliament, Bandt was an industrial, labor relations and public interest lawyer living in Parkville. He was a partner at Slater and Gordon and is currently completing his PhD in law and politics from Monash University. His PhD thesis was "Work to Rule: Rethinking Marx, Pashukanis and Law".[3] At Murdoch University, Bandt was a student activist and member of the Left Alliance. At that time he has been quoted as calling the Greens a "bourgeois" party.[4] He was president of the student union and an active campaigner for higher living allowances for students and free education.[5] From 1987 to 1989, he was a member of the Labor Party.[6]

Bandt has written on links between anti-terror legislation and labour laws[7] and worked on issues facing outworkers[8] in the textiles industry.

[edit] Federal politics

[edit] 2007 federal election

Bandt stood for the federal seat of Melbourne at the 2007 election against Labor's Lindsay Tanner, the then Shadow Minister for Finance, and nationally was the most successful candidate from any minor party contesting a House of Representatives seat. Bandt finished with 22.8 percent of the primary vote, an increase of 3.8 percent, and 45.3 percent of the two-candidate preferred vote after out-polling the Liberal party's Andrea Del Ciotto after preferences.[9]

[edit] 2010 federal election

Adam Bandt, Brian Walters and Bob Brown

Bandt was preselected, for the second time, to stand as the Greens candidate for the federal Division of Melbourne. Labor's Cath Bowtell was his main opponent,[10] following the retirement of Lindsay Tanner from Federal Parliament. (following the 2007 federal election, Melbourne had become Australia's only Labor/Greens marginal seat).[11] At 8:22 pm[12][13] on election night, 21 August, he declared victory for the Australian Greens.[1][14][15][16] Bandt received a primary vote of 36.2 percent and a two-candidate preferred vote of 56 percent against Labor, a swing to him of 13.4 percent and 10.8 percent respectively.[17] His main policy interests are environmental and human rights issues, having "nominat[ed] pushing for a price on carbon, the abolition of mandatory detention of asylum seekers and changing the law to recognise same-sex marriage as his top priorities in parliament."[18][19][20]

[edit] Personal life

Bandt's partner is former Labor staffer, Claudia Perkins.[21]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Le Grand, Chip (21 August 2010). "Greens celebrate historic lower house victory". The Australian. News Limited. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/greens-celebrate-historic-lower-house-victory/story-fn59niix-1225908283553. Retrieved 21 August 2010. 
  2. ^ Attard, Monica: Adam Bandt, Greens MP for Melbourne, Sunday Profile (ABC Local Radio), 27 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Monash Arts Faculty News". http://arts.monash.edu.au/blogs/news/2010/08/24/mp-adam-bandt-phd-faculty-of-arts-monash-university/. 
  4. ^ Wilson, Lauren (28 August 2010). "Greens too bourgeois for Adam Bandt when he was a uni student". Australian. News Limited. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/greens-too-bourgeois-for-adam-bandt-when-he-was-a-uni-student/story-fn59niix-1225911093349. Retrieved 28 August 2010. 
  5. ^ "Adam Bandt for Lord Mayor". Make Melbourne Green. http://www.makemelbournegreen.com/council-elections-2008/adam-bandt/. Retrieved June 2010. 
  6. ^ Legge, Kate (6–7 November 2010). "Greener Pastures". The Weekend Australian Magazine (The Australian): p. 22. 
  7. ^ Bandt, Adam (4 April 2006). "State waxes, rights wane – Opinion". Age. Fairfax. http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/state-waxes-rights-wane/2006/04/03/1143916461852.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 
  8. ^ "The Law Report: 15 April 2003 – Outworkers – Out in the Cold". Australia: ABC. 15 April 2003. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s831469.htm. Retrieved 21 June 2010. 
  9. ^ "House of Representatives Division First Preferences". Results.aec.gov.au. 20 December 2007. http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-228.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-21. 
  10. ^ Gordon, Josh (15 August 2010). "Bandt says he will 'side with Labor'". Age. Fairfax. http://www.theage.com.au/federal-election/bandt-says-he-will-side-with-labor-20100814-12482.html. Retrieved 15 August 2010. 
  11. ^ Raue, Ben (July 2009). "Greens pick Adam Bandt for Melbourne". The Tally Room. http://www.tallyroom.com.au/1663/comment-page-1. Retrieved 9 August 2010. 
  12. ^ Channel 9 election coverage, 21 August 2010
  13. ^ AAP (21 August 2010). "Greens candidate Adam Bandt wins in Melbourne". News. News Limited. http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/greens-candidate-adam-bandt-claims-melbourne/story-e6frfku0-1225908254112?from=public_rss. Retrieved 22 August 2010. 
  14. ^ "Voters leave Australia hanging". ABC News. Australia: ABC. 21 August 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/21/2989767.htm. Retrieved 22 August 2010. 
  15. ^ AAP (21 August 2010). "Greens candidate Adam Bandt wins in Melbourne". Herald Sun. News Limited. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/greens-candidate-adam-bandt-claims-melbourne/story-fn5ko0pw-1225908266808. Retrieved 22 August 2010. 
  16. ^ AAP (22 August 2010). "Bandt won't support Coalition: Rhiannon". Age. Fairfax. http://www.theage.com.au/federal-election/bandt-says-he-will-side-with-labor-20100814-12482.html. Retrieved 22 August 2010. 
  17. ^ Division of Melbourne, 2010 federal election: AEC
  18. ^ Sharp, Ari; Arup, Tom (23 August 2010). "Profile: Adam Bandt". Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/profile-adam-bandt-20100822-13azi.html. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  19. ^ Shaw, Andrew (12 July 2010). "Will Adam Bandt be the first Greens man?". Gay News Network. Evolution Publishing. http://mcv.gaynewsnetwork.com.au/features/will-adam-be-the-first-greens-man-007667.html. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  20. ^ Adam Bandt Moves Motion On Same-Sex Marriage: SMH 15 November 2010
  21. ^ Le Grand, Chip (1 September 2010). "Bandt slept with the enemy in campaign". The Australian (News Limited). http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/bandt-slept-with-the-enemy-in-campaign/story-fn59niix-1225913024570. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 

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