Greens to push vote on Sovereign Wealth Fund: Bandt
Following today's renewed support from Opposition front bencher, Malcolm Turnbull, for the Greens' policy to create a sovereign wealth fund, the Greens Deputy Leader and MP, Adam Bandt, said he would bring on a vote in Parliament on the issue next week.
Mr Bandt's motion, currently before Parliament, would start the process of establishing a new sovereign wealth fund in Australia.
"We need to take some of the benefits of the mining boom and put them away to fund this country's future infrastructure needs" Mr Bandt said.