Greens appoint Bandt to arts portfolio

The MP for Melbourne was appointed as arts spokesperson on Monday and has already gone on the attack.

29 May 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Adam Bandt, the Federal Member for Melbourne and the sole Greens MP in Canberra’s House of Representatives, was appointed as the party’s new arts spokesperson on Monday.

The portfolio was previously held by Greens leader Christine Milne, who announced her decision to step down from politics earlier this month.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts