There are Leaders of the Australian Greens (Greens) at the federal level, as well as in the several member parties which make up the

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Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, are a confederation of Green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and th ...

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Christine Milne Christine Anne Milne (; born 14 May 1953) is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania. She was the leader of the parliamentary caucus of the Australian Greens from 2012 to 2015. Milne stepped down as leader on 6 May 2015, ...

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Richard Di Natale Richard Luigi Di Natale (born 6 June 1970) is a former Australian politician who was a senator for Victoria. He was also the leader of the Australian Greens from 2015 to 2020. Di Natale was elected to the Senate in the 2010 federal election. A ...

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Adam Bandt Adam Paul Bandt (born 11 March 1972) is an Australian politician and former industrial lawyer who is the leader of the Australian Greens and federal MP for Melbourne. Previously, he served as co-deputy leader of the Greens from 2012 to 2015 and ...

2020–Present"

Background

On Saturday 12 November 2005 at the national conference in

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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

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. 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. 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. 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:

Federal deputy parliamentary leaders

:''Shown in chronological order of leadership''

Leaders in the Senate

Deputy Leaders in the Senate

Member party leaders

Australian Capital Territory

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

New South Wales

* ''No leader'' (1984–present)

Northern Territory

* ''No leader'' (1990–present)

Queensland

* ''No leader'' (1984–present)

South Australia

* ''No leader'' (1995–present)

Tasmania

* ''No leader'' (1982–1989) * Bob Brown (1989–1993) *

(1993–1998) * Peg Putt (1998–2008) * Nick McKim (2008–2014) *

Kim Booth Kim Dion Booth (born 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was the leader of the Tasmanian Greens from April 2014 to May 2015, and represented the Division of Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Political career After the 2010 Tasma ...

(2014–2015) *

Cassy O'Connor Cassandra Stanwell O'Connor (born 1 April 1967) is an Australian politician, who has been a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2008, representing the electorate of Division of Denison which was renamed to Clark in ...

(2015–present)

Victoria

* ''No leader'' (1992–2010) *

Greg Barber Gregory John Barber (born 31 August 1966) is a former Australian politician, who was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2006 and 2017. Early career Barber obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the ...

(2010–2017) *

Samantha Ratnam Samantha Shantini Ratnam (born 1977) is an Australian social worker, politician and the current leader of the Victorian Greens. Since October 2017 Ratnam has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Northern Metropoli ...

(2017–present)

Western Australia

* ''No leader'' (1990–present)

References

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