There are Leaders of the Australian Greens (Greens) at the federal level, as well as in the several member parties which make up the confederation of the Australian Greens.
Background[edit]
On Saturday 12 November 2005 at the national conference in Hobart the Australian Greens abandoned their long-standing tradition of having no official leader and approved a process whereby a parliamentary leader could be elected by the Greens Parliamentary Party Room. On Monday 28 November 2005, Bob Brown – who had long been regarded as de facto leader by many inside the party, and most people outside the party – was elected unopposed as the Parliamentary Party Leader.[1]
Most of the Green parties which have joined the Australian Greens do not have a formal leader, and instead they have a shared leadership structure.[2] However, Tasmania, Victoria, and the ACT, have adopted singular leadership structures into their party.[2]
Federal parliamentary leaders[edit]
The federal Leaders of the Australian Greens have been as follows:
# | Portrait | Leader | State | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Brown | Tasmania | 28 November 2005 | 13 April 2012 | 6 years, 137 days | |
2 | Christine Milne | Tasmania | 13 April 2012 | 6 May 2015 | 3 years, 23 days | |
3 | Richard Di Natale | Victoria | 6 May 2015 | 3 February 2020 | 4 years, 273 days | |
4 | Adam Bandt | Victoria | 4 February 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 104 days |
Federal deputy parliamentary leaders[edit]
- Shown in chronological order of leadership
# | Portrait | Deputy Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christine Milne | 10 November 2008 | 13 April 2012 | 3 years, 155 days | Bob Brown | |
2 | Adam Bandt | 13 April 2012 | 6 May 2015 | 3 years, 23 days | Christine Milne |
# | Portrait | Deputy Co-Leader | Portrait | Deputy Co-Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Scott Ludlam | Larissa Waters | 6 May 2015 | 18 July 2017 | 2 years, 73 days | Richard Di Natale | ||
4 | Adam Bandt | Larissa Waters | 21 July 2017 | 4 February 2020 | 2 years, 198 days | Richard Di Natale | ||
5 | Nick McKim | Larissa Waters | 4 February 2020 | 10 June 2022 | 2 years, 126 days | Adam Bandt |
# | Portrait | Deputy Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Mehreen Faruqi | 10 June 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 343 days | Adam Bandt |
Leaders in the Senate[edit]
# | Portrait | Deputy Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Larissa Waters | 4 February 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 104 days | Adam Bandt |
Deputy Leaders in the Senate[edit]
# | Portrait | Deputy Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Party Leader | Senate Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lidia Thorpe | 10 June 2022 | 20 October 2022[3] | 130 days | Adam Bandt | Larissa Waters |
Member party leaders[edit]
Australian Capital Territory[edit]
- No leader (1992–2008)
- Meredith Hunter (2008–2012)
- Shane Rattenbury (2012–present)
New South Wales[edit]
- No leader (1984–present)
Northern Territory[edit]
- No leader (1990–present)
Queensland[edit]
- No leader (1984–present)
South Australia[edit]
- No leader (1995–present)
Tasmania[edit]
- No leader (1982–1989)
- Bob Brown (1989–1993)
- Christine Milne (1993–1998)
- Peg Putt (1998–2008)
- Nick McKim (2008–2014)
- Kim Booth (2014–2015)
- Cassy O'Connor (2015–2023)
- Rosalie Woodruff (2023–present)
Victoria[edit]
- No leader (1992–2010)
- Greg Barber (2010–2017)
- Samantha Ratnam (2017–2024)
- Ellen Sandell (2024–present)
Western Australia[edit]
- No leader (1990–present)
References[edit]
- ^ "Greens firm up party structure". ABC News. 29 November 2005.
- ^ a b Cunningham, Christine; Jackson, Stewart (13 March 2014). "Leadership and the Australian Greens". Leadership. 10 (4): 496–511. doi:10.1177/1742715013498407. S2CID 144393361.
- ^ "Australia news live: Lidia Thorpe resigns as Greens' deputy leader in Senate over undisclosed relationship with former bikie". the Guardian. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.