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The Australian Greens, commonly referred to simply as the Greens, are a
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Australian
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. As of 2025, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and the fourth-largest by elected representation. Following the
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, Larissa Waters serves as Leader of the Greens and Mehreen Faruqi serves as deputy leader. The party was formed in 1992 as a confederation of eight state and territorial parties. In their early years, the party was largely built around the personality of well-known Tasmanian politician
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, before expanding its representation substantially in the early part of the 21st century. The party cites four core values as its ideology, namely
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,
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,
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, and peace and non-violence. The party's origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia, the Franklin Dam controversy, the Green bans, and the
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movement. The party began with the United Tasmania Group, one of the first green parties in the world. Following the 2025 Federal election, the Australian Greens had eleven senators and one member in the
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, and as of 2020 had over 15,000 party members.


History


Formation

The origins of the Australian Greens can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group, one of the first green parties in the world, but also the
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movement in Western Australia and sections of the industrial left in New South Wales who were inspired by the Builders Labourers Federation Green bans in Sydney. Co-ordination between environmentalist groups occurred in the 1980s with various significant protests. Key people involved in these campaigns included
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and Christine Milne, who went on to contest and win seats in the
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and eventually form the Tasmanian Greens. Both Brown and Milne subsequently became leaders of the federal party. The formation of the federal party in 1992 brought together over a dozen green groups, from state and local organisations, some of which had existed for 20 years. Following the formation of the national party in 1992, regional emphasis variations remained within the Greens, with members of the "industrial left" remaining a presence in the New South Wales branch. Brown resigned from the Tasmanian Parliament in 1993, and in 1996 he was elected as a senator for Tasmania, the first elected as an Australian Greens candidate. Initially, the most successful Greens group during this period was The Greens (WA), which was still a separate organisation from the Australian Greens at the time. Vallentine was succeeded by Christabel Chamarette in 1992, and she was joined by Dee Margetts in 1993. However, Chamarette was defeated in the 1996 federal election. Margetts lost her seat in the 1998 federal election, leaving Brown as the sole Australian Greens senator.


Bob Brown era 2001–2012


2001–2004

In the 2001 federal election, Brown was re-elected as a senator for Tasmania, and a second Greens senator,
Kerry Nettle Kerry Michelle Nettle (born 24 December 1973) is a former Australian Senator and member of the Australian Greens in New South Wales. Elected at the 2001 federal election on a primary vote of 4.36 percent with One Nation and micro-party pref ...
, was elected in New South Wales. The Greens opposed the
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's
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of offshore processing for asylum seekers, and opposed the bipartisan offers of support to
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and the
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by the government and Beazley Opposition in the aftermath of the
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. The party described the Afghanistan commitment in particular as "warmongering". Brown and Nettle's performance in the Senate increased voter support for the party, as it showcased that the Greens were not deep ecologists nor a single-issue environmentalist organisation, thus granting approval from disaffected Labor voters.


2002 Cunningham by-election

On 19 October 2002, the Greens won a
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seat for the first time when Michael Organ won the Cunningham
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. In the 2004 federal election, the Australian Greens fielded candidates in every House of Representatives seat in Australia. The Greens' primary vote rose by 2.3% to 7.2%. This won them two additional Senate seats, taken by Christine Milne in Tasmania and Rachel Siewert in Western Australia, bringing the total to four.


2004–2007

At the 2004 Federal Election, the Greens ran John Kaye as their lead
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candidate but were unsuccessful due to unfavourable preference flows.


2007–2010

The Greens increased their national vote by 1.38 points to 9.04% at the 2007 federal election, with the election of South Australian senator
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taking the number of Greens senators to five. Senators Bob Brown (Tas) and
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(NSW) were up for re-election, Brown was re-elected, but Nettle was unsuccessful, becoming the only Australian Greens senator to lose their seat despite increasing her vote from 2001. In November 2008, Senator Christine Milne was elected deputy leader in a ballot contested against Senator Rachel Siewert. In 2009, the Greens and the Liberal Party voted to defeat Labor's emission trading scheme legislation after failed negotiations for an emissions cut target.


2010–2012

The 2010 federal election marked a high point for the Greens electorally, with the party receiving its largest vote to date and sharing the balance of power. The Greens received a four percent swing to finish with 13 percent of the vote in the Senate. The Greens won a seat in each of the six states at the election, bringing the party to a total of nine senators from July 2011, holding the balance of power in the Senate. The new senators were
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in New South Wales, Richard Di Natale in Victoria, Larissa Waters in
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, Rachel Siewert in
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, Penny Wright in
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and Christine Milne in
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. Incumbents Scott Ludlam in Western Australia,
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in South Australia and
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in Tasmania were not due for re-election. The Greens also won their first
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seat at a general election, the seat of
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with candidate Adam Bandt, who was a
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in the first
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since the 1940 federal election. Almost two weeks after the election, the Greens agreed to support a Gillard
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on
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votes. Labor was returned to government with the additional support of three
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crossbenchers. Prior to the 2010 Federal Election, the Electrical Trades Union's Victorian branch donated $325,000 to the Greens' Victorian campaign – the largest political donation ever directed to the Party up to that time. The Greens signed a formal agreement with the
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involving consultation in relation to policy and support in the House of Representatives in relation to
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and three of the independents declared their support for Labor on confidence and supply, allowing Gillard and Labor to remain in power with a 76–74 minority government. On 24 February 2011, in a joint press conference of the "Climate Change Committee" – comprising the Government, Greens and two independent MPs – Prime Minister Gillard announced a plan to legislate for the introduction of a fixed price to be imposed on "carbon pollution" from 1 July 2012 The
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would be placed for three to five years before a full emissions trading scheme is implemented, under a blueprint agreed by a multi-party parliamentary committee. Key issues remained to be negotiated between the Government and the cross-benches, including compensation arrangements for households and businesses, the carbon price level, the emissions reduction target and whether or not to include fuel in the price. In April 2012, Bob stepped down as leader of the Australian Greens, and retired from the Senate in June 2012.


Christine Milne era 2012–2015

Christine Milne led the Australian Greens through the remainder of the minority parliament, after being elected unopposed.


2013 federal election

At the 2013 federal election, the
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(lower house) primary vote was 8.7 percent (−3.1) with the
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(upper house) primary vote at 8.7 percent (−4.5). Despite receiving a decline in votes, the Greens representation in the parliament increased. Adam Bandt retained his
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seat with a primary vote of 42.6 percent (+7.0) and a two-candidate preferred vote of 55.3 percent (−0.6). The Greens won four Senate positions, increasing their Senate representation from nine to ten senators.


2014 Senate special election in Western Australia

At the 2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, the Greens won in excess of a quota with the primary vote increasing from 9.5 to 15.6 percent, re-electing Scott Ludlam.


2015

In December 2015, the Greens struck a deal with the Coalition government, passing a law requiring multinational private companies with a turnover over $200 million to disclose their tax arrangements. This law also made it mandatory for multinational companies with a ''global'' turnover of $1 billion or more to have to prepare "general purpose" financial statements, which disclose greater tax details than previously occurred in Australia. The following year the Coalition government and the Greens agreed on a permanent 15% tax rate for backpackers, in exchange for a $100 million funding boost to environmental stewardship
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Landcare. Christine Milne stepped down from the leadership of the Australian Greens on 6 May 2015.


Richard Di Natale era 2015–2020

Di Natale was elected unopposed as parliamentary leader of the Greens party room on 6 May 2015 following the resignation of Christine Milne from the position. At the 2016 federal election, the
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(lower house) primary vote increased to 10.23 percent (+1.58) but decreased in the
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(upper house), with primary vote at 8.65 percent (−0.58). Adam Bandt was elected to a third term in his
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seat with a primary vote of 43.75 percent (+1.13) and a two-candidate preferred vote of 68.48 percent (+13.21). Despite a campaign focus on winning additional seats in the lower house, The Greens failed to win any lower house contests. The Greens also lost one Senate position in
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, decreasing their Senate representation from ten to nine senators, to a total of ten Green members in the
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. The result was seen as disappointing, and caused internal divisions to flare up, with former Federal Leader
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calling upon Senator
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to resign, citing the "need for renewal".


2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis

In 2017, Senators Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters were forced to resign during
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after it was found that Ludlam had dual Australian–New Zealand citizenship and Waters had dual citizenship with
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. Subsequently, Adam Bandt and Rachel Siewert were named as temporary co-deputy leaders until the arrival of Ludlam and Waters' replacements in Canberra.


2019 election

At the 2019 federal election, the Australian Greens received a primary vote of 10.4% in the House of Representatives, with a federal swing of +0.2%. The party's highest vote was captured in the Australian Capital Territory (16.8%), followed by Victoria (11.9%), Western Australia (11.6%), Queensland (10.3%), Northern Territory (10.2%), Tasmania (10.1%), South Australia (9.6%) and New South Wales (8.7%). The party retained the federal electorate of
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with Adam Bandt sitting at a 71.8% two-party preferred vote. In the Senate, the Greens received favourable swings in South Australia (+5.03%), Queensland (+3.12%), the Australian Capital Territory (+1.61%), Western Australia (+1.48%), Tasmania (+1.41%) and New South Wales (+1.32%). Small swings against the Greens in the Senate were observed in only Victoria (−0.25%) and the Northern Territory (−0.54%). All six Greens senators up for re-election retained their seats, including Senators Mehreen Faruqi, Janet Rice, Larissa Waters,
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, Jordon Steele-John and Nick McKim. Three key seats were targeted by the Greens in Victoria, including Kooyong, Higgins and Macnamara. Prominent barrister Julian Burnside, who stood for Kooyong, came close to unseating treasurer and deputy Liberal leader
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, falling short by 5.7% in the two-party preferred vote. Greens candidate Jason Ball, for the
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, failed to enter the two-party preferred vote, despite optimism within the Greens and a diminishing Liberal vote. In Macnamara (formerly Melbourne Ports), a three-way contest emerged between the Liberals, Labor and Greens. Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May had come within a few hundred votes in 2016 of taking the seat, however, redistributions in the electorate for the 2019 election were unfavourable for the Greens' vote, and the party's final vote sat at 24.2%. On 3 February 2020, Di Natale resigned as leader of the Greens and announced his intention to resign from the Senate.


Adam Bandt era 2020–2025

On 4 February, Adam Bandt was elected unopposed as parliamentary leader of the Australia Greens party room.


2022 election

The Greens' strategy for the 2022 federal election involved targeting nine key seats, including the previously Labor-held seats of Macnamara,
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,
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, Wills, and
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, and four previously Liberal-held seats of Kooyong,
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, Ryan and Higgins. Bandt claimed that polling suggested a hung parliament was a likely outcome and the Greens would work with Labor to "kick the Liberals out and make the next government go further and faster on climate action, and make billionaires and mining corporations pay their fair share."
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suggested that a redistribution in Victoria by the
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would likely increase the Greens' odds of winning the seat of Macnamara. The party had its best ever result at the election, picking up three seats in inner
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, Elizabeth Watson-Brown in the seat of Ryan, Stephen Bates in the seat of Brisbane, and Max Chandler-Mather in the seat of
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, to boost their representation in the House to four MPs, and won a Senate seat in every state to increase to 12 senators with new Senators Barbara Pocock,
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and Penny Allman-Payne. This gave them the balance of power. Analysis of vote trends suggested the party succeeded in picking up former votes of both Labor and the Liberal Party. The party were unsuccessful in picking up the seat of
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with their high-profile candidate Mandy Nolan. On 6 February 2023, Victorian Greens senator Lidia Thorpe announced that she would resign from the Greens to become an independent senator, over disagreements concerning the proposed
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. In mid-March 2024, the Greens announced they would introduce legislation seeking to break the dominance of the two supermarket giants Woolworths Group and
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by forcing them to sell some of their operations. While the Albanese government did not support the bill, it found support from the centre-right National Party.


2025 election

The Greens lost party leader Adam Bandt in the seat of
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, Stephen Bates in the seat of
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, and Max Chandler-Mather in the seat of
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in the 2025 federal election, with Labor taking all three seats in a landslide victory. When Bandt conceded on 8 May 2025 Tasmanian Greens senator Nick McKim as party whip became acting leader until the planned leadership meeting.


Larissa Waters era 2025–present

Queensland Senator Larissa Waters was elected unopposed as party leader on 15 May 2025, with Mehreen Faruqi continuing as deputy leader. Sarah Hanson-Young was expected to run for the party leadership, however was elected as Manager of Greens Business. On 6 June 2025, Senator for Western Australia Dorinda Cox defected to Labor.


Ideology

The Australian Greens are part of the global "
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" movement. Former party Leader Adam Bandt describes The Greens as a
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party. The charter of the Australian Greens identifies four main pillars as the party's policy: "
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", "
sustainability Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long period of time. Definitions of this term are disputed and have varied with literature, context, and time. Sustainability usually has three dimensions (or pillars): env ...
", "
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" and "
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and
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".


Policy positions


Environment and climate change

The party favours
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, including expansion of
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facilities; phasing out single-use plastics; conservation efforts; and addressing species extinction,
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and
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in Australia. The Greens support the achieving of
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by 2030 through the establishment of a
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, which entails investment in renewable energy technology and a revitalisation of Australian manufacturing. Manufacturing would be required to produce solar panels, wind turbines and green steel produced from hydrogen. The party supports the creation of a publicly owned renewable energy provider to boost renewable energy and lower household electricity prices. To support the transition to clean energy, the party calls for growth in
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. The Greens have also proposed plans to boost jobs and apprenticeships in the construction of
public housing Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...
units as further economic stimulus as well as to address rising
homelessness in Australia Homelessness in Australia is a social issue concerning the number of people in Australia that are considered to be homeless. There are no internationally agreed upon definitions of homelessness, making it difficult to compare levels of homelessn ...
.


Finance

The Greens oppose tax cuts that solely benefit the top bracket of income earners and lead to economic inequality. The Greens believe that all essential services need to be adequately funded to suit community needs; and argue for the re-establishment of a publicly owned bank. The party argues for a Corporate Super-Profits Tax on major corporations, the establishment of a
wealth tax A wealth tax (also called a capital tax or equity tax) is a tax on an entity's holdings of assets or an entity's net worth. This includes the total value of personal assets, including cash, bank deposits, real estate, assets in insurance and ...
on
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s, and an end to multi-national corporation's
tax avoidance Tax avoidance is the legal usage of the tax regime in a single territory to one's own advantage to reduce the amount of tax that is payable. A tax shelter is one type of tax avoidance, and tax havens are jurisdictions that facilitate reduced taxe ...
. The party advocates a significant improvement of welfare policies. They propose solving housing shortages and homelessness through the creation of affordable social housing. The party also wants to introduce rent caps to limit growth of rental prices. Greens also propose increase in all income support payments to $88 a day, that would make them $1,232 per fortnight. To help students, the party wants to forgive all student debt. The Greens also advocate for free childcare as well as free public transport. Finally, the Greens propose to increase the minimum wage. Green politicians have campaigned on free
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and
technical and further education Technical and further education or simply TAFE () is the common name in Australia for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational courses. Colloquially also known ...
. The party opposes fee hikes for degrees and funding cuts for universities, and have called for increased funding for public schools. The party also supports the abolition of all student debt.


Health

The party supports
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through extending Medicare coverage into dental health care and
mental health Mental health is often mistakenly equated with the absence of mental illness. However, mental health refers to a person's overall emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It influences how individuals think, feel, and behave, and how t ...
care. Furthermore, the party supports reproductive health rights and
voluntary euthanasia Voluntary euthanasia is the purposeful ending of another person's life at their request, in order to relieve them of suffering. Voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) have been the focus of intense debate in the 21st century, ...
. The Greens support drug law reform, including the legalisation of cannabis; treating drug use as a health issue rather than a criminal issue; and the provision of free
drug checking Drug checking or pill testing is a way to Harm reduction, reduce the harm from drug consumption by allowing users to find out the content and purity of substances that they intend to consume. This enables users to make safer choices: to avoid more ...
stations at community events and relevant venues. Further information on the Greens cannabis legalisation proposed law can be found at Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023.


Social issues

The Greens have advocated on for various social issues, such as the legalisation of
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, the right to seek asylum, and
gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, gender egalitarianism, or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making, an ...
. The Greens also advocate for policies that they believe will strengthen Australian democracy and "clean up politics", including capping political donations and strengthening the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.


Agriculture

In terms of agricultural policy, the party strongly favours policies to promote
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and climate resilience with farmers. The Greens strongly support reducing
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and water degradation through community-driven decision-making processes, and supporting farmers experiencing effects of climate change.


Animal welfare

The Greens are in favour of phasing out live animal exports, instead favouring investment in the domestic chilled meat industry. The Greens have also campaigned on banning
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,
whaling Whaling is the hunting of whales for their products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16t ...
and animal-tested cosmetics. The party believes in phasing out caged egg production and sow stalls, instead favouring ethical farming practices. The party advocates for the reduction of
methane emissions from livestock The environmental impacts of animal agriculture vary because of the wide variety of Agriculture, agricultural practices employed around the world. Despite this, all agricultural practices have been found to have environmental impact of agricultur ...
through research, animal health and nutrition, selection and genetics.


Foreign affairs

On foreign policy, the party says that it wants "Independent, transparent and accountable foreign and defence policies based on mutual respect."


Voting system

The party supports
proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...
in the House of Representatives and local government.


Structure


Parliament


Federal leaders

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 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. Each leader has been described to represent a faction within the party, with the political journalist Paddy Manning describing that Christine Milne came from the right wing of the party, while Bandt is the first Greens leader from the left wing of the party. The leadership is decided by consensus within the party room (or a party room vote if consensus cannot be reached), and all previous Greens leaders have been elected unopposed (as of 2025). In May 2020, 62% of rank-and-file Greens party members voted for democratically Leadership election to pick the leader, However it failed to meet the two-thirds majority of 66.67% which is required to force a change.


Parliamentary portfolios

Greens MPs are each assigned their own portfolios, or specific areas of responsibility. All portfolios are decided by the party and may differ in title from the government's portfolio priorities The Greens have formed a Gun Control portfolio, of which there is no equivalent in the government. Portfolios are divided into five major categories according to the Greens: "an equal society", "world-class essential services", "climate and the environment", "the green economy", and "a confident Australia".


National Council

The Australian Greens is federally organised with separately registered state parties signing up to a national constitution, yet retaining considerable policy-making and organisational autonomy from the centre. The national decision-making body of the Australian Greens is the National Council, consisting of delegates from each member body (a state or territory Greens party), two members of the federal party room, a representative of the Australian Greens First Nations Network (AGFNN, or Blak Greens), and the national office bearers including the National Convenor, Secretary and Treasurer. As at May 2020, all seven of the party's office bearer positions are held by women. There is also a Public Officer, a Party Agent and a Registered Officer. The National Council arrives at decisions by consensus. All policies originating from this structure are subject to ratification by the members of the Australian Greens at National Conference.


State and territory parties

The Australian Greens are a federation consisting of eight parties from each state and territory. The various
Australian states and territories The states and territories are the national subdivisions and second level of government of Australia. The states are partially sovereign, administrative divisions that are self-governing polities, having ceded some sovereign rights to the fede ...
have different
electoral systems An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, nonprofit organizations and inf ...
, all of which allow the Greens to gain representation. As of 2024, the Greens hold at least one seat in all eight state and territory legislatures. Five Greens have become ministers at the state/territory level: Nick McKim and Cassy O'Connor in Tasmania, 2010–2014; and in the ACT, Shane Rattenbury since
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and Emma Davidson and Rebecca Vassarotti since
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. Most of the state-based 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, Western Australia, and the ACT have adopted singular leadership structures into their party. The current Australian Green member parties are the following:


Working groups

A variety of working groups have been established by the National Council, which are directly accessible to all Greens members. Working groups perform an advisory function by developing policy, reviewing or developing the party structure, or by performing other tasks assigned by the National Council. The Australian Young Greens are a federation of Young Greens groups from each Australian state and territory. Together they form the youth wing of the Australian Greens A national Sexuality and Gender Identity Working Group exists at a federal level, and there are LGBTIQ working groups in some state and territory parties, including: Queer Greens Victoria, Queensland Rainbow Greens, SA Greens Queer Members Action Group, NSW Greens Sex, Sexuality and Gender Identity Working Group.


Support

The Greens generally draw support from younger voters with higher than average educational attainment. The Greens absorbed much of the Australian Democrats' support base following its downfall as the third party in Australia and many of the social and environmental policies and issues that the Democrats advocated for have been taken up by the Greens. Much like the Democrats, the Greens have a higher proportion of supporters who are university educated, under 40, identify as professionals in their field, are small business owners, and earn above the national average wage. Notably, there has also been a steady increase in working-class support for the Greens since the creation of the party. In 2019, Ian McAllister in an analysis of class voting patterns found that Greens voters are distinguished as being high in
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, such as a university education, but tend to be in
asset poverty Asset poverty is an economic and social condition that is more persistent and prevalent than income poverty. It is a household’s inability to access wealth resources that are sufficient to provide for basic needs for a period of three months. ...
due to not owning their own home. Political scientist Todd Farrell in an analysis in 2020 found that, unlike other minor parties in the past (such as the Australian Democrats), Greens supporters hold high levels of
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and consistent durable vote, indicating a
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in Australian politics away from the major Labor and Liberal parties.


Electoral performance


House of Representatives


Senate


Maps

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.


Current federal parliamentarians


House of Representatives

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Senate

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Former

*Senator Jo Vallentine, 1990–1992, Greens WA (originally elected in 1984 for the
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) *Senator Christabel Chamarette, 1992–1996, Greens WA *Senator Dee Margetts, 1993–1999, Greens WA *Senator
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(Tas), 1996–2012 * Michael Organ MP ( Cunningham, NSW), 2002–2004 *Senator
Kerry Nettle Kerry Michelle Nettle (born 24 December 1973) is a former Australian Senator and member of the Australian Greens in New South Wales. Elected at the 2001 federal election on a primary vote of 4.36 percent with One Nation and micro-party pref ...
(NSW), 2002–2008 *Senator Christine Milne (Tas), 2005–2015 *Senator Rachel Siewert (WA), 2005–2021 *Senator Scott Ludlam (WA), 2008–2017 *Senator Richard Di Natale (Vic), 2011–2020 *Senator
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(NSW), 2011–2018 *Senator Penny Wright (SA), 2011–2015 *Senator Janet Rice (Vic), 2014–2024 *Senator Robert Simms (SA), 2015–2016 *Senator Andrew Bartlett (Qld), 2017–2018 *Senator Lidia Thorpe (Vic), 2020–2023 * Max Chandler-Mather (
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, QLD), 2022–2025 * Stephen Bates (
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, QLD), 2022–2025 * Adam Bandt (
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, VIC) 2010–2025 *Senator Dorinda Cox (WA), 2021–2025 (defected to
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) Senators Vallentine, Chamarette and Margetts were all elected as Greens (WA) senators and served their terms before the Greens WA affiliated to the Australian Greens, meaning that they were not considered to be Australian Greens senators at the time. For current and former state parliamentarians, see the List of Australian Greens parliamentarians.


Other notable members

*
Clive Hamilton Clive Charles Hamilton Order of Australia, AM FRSA (born 12 March 1953) is an Australian public intellectual currently serving as Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) and the Vice-Chancellor' ...
, Greens candidate for the 2009 Higgins by-election * Chris Harris, former Greens Councillor for the
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* Jean Jenkins, former Democrats Senator for Western Australia *
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, trade union leader involved in the green bans * Janet Powell, former Democrats leader *
Peter Singer Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer's work specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secu ...
, moral philosopher and Greens candidate for the 1994 Kooyong by-election * Brian Walters SC, prominent human rights lawyer and candidate for the state seat of Melbourne at the 2010 Victorian election *
Andrew Wilkie Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 8 November 1961) is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Division of Clark, Clark (previously Division of Denison, Denison). Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Austr ...
, former Greens candidate and independent federal member for Denison (2010–19) and Clark (2019–present) * Julian Burnside AO QC, prominent barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and candidate for the federal seat of Kooyong in the 2019 federal election * Jason Ball, former Australian rules football player and mental health advocate, and candidate for Higgins in the 2019 federal election


Donors

For the 2015–2016 financial year, the top ten disclosed donors to the Greens were: Graeme Wood ($500,000), Duncan Turpie ($500,000),
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($320,000), Louise Crossley ($138,000), Anna Hackett ($100,000), Pater Investments ($100,000), Ruth Greble ($35,000), Minax Uriel Ptd Ltd ($39,800) and Chilla Bulbeck ($30,000). Since 2017, the Australian Greens have implemented real-time disclosure of donations to them of over $1,000, in an effort to "clean up politics".


See also

* List of Australian Greens parliamentarians * Tasmanian Labor–Green Accord (1989–1990) * Australian Capital Territory Labor–Greens coalition (2012–2024)


Notes


References


Further reading

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External links

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