Conducting his first round of interviews since leading the Greens to a catastrophic loss of seats and support in the last federal election, Adam Bandt says he is determined to reinvigorate the environment movement in his new role as chief executive of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
The former Greens leader has not been seen since publicly since leaving a press conference in the wake of the May defeat, and has spent much of his time since in his native garden in suburban Melbourne.
In September, he was named as the ACF’s next chief, an appointment that raised eyebrows in the environment movement as some feared his former role as a political combatant might harm the foundation’s voice in Canberra.
Bandt dismissed those concerns in an interview with this masthead to discuss the ACF’s latest report into destruction of endangered species’ habitat in Australia, Extinction Wrapped. He said his role with the ACF was nonpartisan, that he had ended active involvement with the Greens, and that as the ACF’s chief, he would prosecute the environmental case by relying on science and evidence.
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