Leaders of the Australian Greens

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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.

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from:start till:2005 text:"No leader 1982–2005"

from:2005 till:2012 text:"Bob Brown 2005–12"

from:2012 till:2015 text:"Christine Milne 2012–15"

from:2015 till:2020 text:"Richard Di Natale 2015–20"

from:2020 till:2025 text:"Adam Bandt 2020–present"

Background

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-11-29/greens-firm-up-party-structure/751114|title=Greens firm up party structure|website=ABC News|date=29 November 2005}}

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.{{cite journal |last1=Cunningham |first1=Christine |last2=Jackson |first2=Stewart |title=Leadership and the Australian Greens |journal=Leadership |date=13 March 2014 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=496–511 |doi=10.1177/1742715013498407|s2cid=144393361 |url=https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/26 }} However, Tasmania, Victoria, and the ACT, have adopted singular leadership structures into their party.

Federal parliamentary leaders

The federal Leaders of the Australian Greens have been as follows:

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| {{sortname|Bob|Brown}}

| {{dts|28 November 2005}}

| {{dts|13 April 2012}}

| {{ayd|28 November 2005|13 April 2012}}

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| 2

| {{sortname|Christine|Milne}}

| {{dts|13 April 2012}}

| {{dts|6 May 2015}}

| {{ayd|13 April 2012|6 May 2015}}

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| 3

| {{sortname|Richard|Di Natale}}

| {{dts|6 May 2015}}

| {{dts|3 February 2020}}

| {{ayd|6 May 2015|3 February 2020}}

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| 4

| {{sortname|Adam|Bandt}}

| {{dts|4 February 2020}}

| Incumbent

| {{ayd|4 February 2020|{{Date}}}}

Federal deputy parliamentary leaders

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| 1

| {{sortname|Christine|Milne}}

| {{dts|10 November 2008}}

| {{dts|13 April 2012}}

| {{ayd|10 November 2008|13 April 2012}}

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| 2

| {{sortname|Adam|Bandt}}

| {{dts|13 April 2012}}

| {{dts|6 May 2015}}

| {{ayd|13 April 2012|6 May 2015}}

| Christine Milne

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| 3

| {{sortname|Scott|Ludlam}}

| {{sortname|Larissa|Waters}}

| {{dts|6 May 2015}}

| {{dts|18 July 2017}}

| {{ayd|6 May 2015|18 July 2017}}

| Richard Di Natale

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| 4

| {{sortname|Adam|Bandt}}

| {{sortname|Larissa|Waters}}

| {{dts|21 July 2017}}

| {{dts|4 February 2020}}

| {{ayd|21 July 2017|4 February 2020}}

| Richard Di Natale

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| 5

| {{sortname|Nick|McKim}}

| {{sortname|Larissa|Waters}}

| {{dts|4 February 2020}}

| 10 June 2022

| 2 years, 126 days

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| Mehreen Faruqi

| 10 June 2022

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Leaders in the Senate

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| Larissa Waters

| 4 February 2020

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Deputy Leaders in the Senate

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| 10 June 2022

| 20 October 2022{{Cite web |date=2022-10-20 |title=Australia news live: Lidia Thorpe resigns as Greens' deputy leader in Senate over undisclosed relationship with former bikie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/oct/20/australia-news-live-kerang-echuca-weather-floods-politics-anthony-albanese-daniel-andrews-vic-nsw-qld-covid |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

| 130 days

|Larissa Waters

Member party leaders

{{see also|List of member parties of the Australian Greens}}

=Australian Capital Territory=

{{see also|ACT Greens}}

No leader (1992–2008)
Meredith Hunter (2008–2012)
Shane Rattenbury (2012–present)

=New South Wales=

{{see also|Greens New South Wales}}

No leader (1984–present)

=Northern Territory=

{{see also|Northern Territory Greens}}

No leader (1990–present)

=Queensland=

{{see also|Queensland Greens}}

No leader (1984–present)

=South Australia=

{{see also|Greens South Australia}}

No leader (1995–present)

=Tasmania=

{{see also|Tasmanian Greens}}

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=

{{see also|Australian Greens Victoria}}

No leader (1992–2010)
Greg Barber (2010–2017)
Samantha Ratnam (2017–2024)
Ellen Sandell (2024–present)

=Western Australia=

{{see also|Greens Western Australia}}

No leader (1990–present)

See also

References

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{{Australian Greens}}

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