When I arrived to meet the leader of the federal Greens, Adam Bandt, he was sitting quietly by himself at The Other Joint cafe in Mullumbimby.

The Greens appear relentless in their targeting of the marginal seat of Richmond, with a second federal MP visiting the region in as many weeks for an election promise.

With the PM away in Tonga at the Pacific Islands Forum, and the Liberals talking about defunding signature ALP policies so wealthy people can pay less tax, Greens leader Adam Bandt took to the National Press Club stage last week to suggest a very different way of dealing with the nation's financial problems.

Senator Fatima Payman's abrupt departure from the Labor Party after crossing the floor over the issue of Palestinian statehood was a very public demonstration of the tensions between party cohesion and individual conscience in the Australian political system.

Though many in the Northern Rivers are too distracted to even know it happened, the Australian Greens have slammed the government’s final budget.

This week Greens head honcho Adam Bandt spent time in Mullumbimby to see for himself the crushing result of the floods.

Under the dark shadow of the natural disaster, Green Candidate for Richmond, Mandy Nolan, will officially launch her campaign for the federal seat of Richmond.

Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, and Greens candidate for the flood affected electorate of Richmond, Mandy Nolan, have announced the Greens will move when Parliament resumes in March to extend government backed insurance to all flood victims.

Confusion reigns over the Labor/Liberal deal on clean energy cuts contained in the omnibus bill, according to Greens climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt, who says the government and Labor must ‘immediately clarify’ the cuts.

The Greens MP for Melbourne Adam Bandt will visit the northern rivers tomorrow (Friday) to investigate land contamination at Gold Coast Airport and take locals’ concerns over its controversial runway expansion back to federal parliament.