Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

For four decades the trickle-down troika of Labor, Liberal and big business have sold off public assets with privatisation after privatisation, but with power bills up, people in more debt and jobs less secure, people are certainly feeling something trickling down on them from above, but it's not wealth. Prime Minister, wasn't Bernie Sanders right when he said that the electricity grid should be in public hands, because it's an essential service, and shouldn't be run for profit? Isn't it time to stand up for refugees, equality and a safe climate, by bringing a bit of Bernie to Batman and electing the Greens' Alex Bhathal?

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