Nina Meredith Springle (born 6 March 1973) is an Australian politician. She was a Greens member of the

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, having represented

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from 2014 to 2018. In 2014 Springle became the first Greens MP to represent the South Eastern Metropolitan Region in Victoria's Parliament. Springle has worked as a consultant in the community and education sectors. During her term of office, Springle was the Victorian Greens spokesperson for Families and Children, Multicultural Affairs, Women, Health, Youth Justice, Prevention of Family Violence, Older People, Employment, Industrial Relations, Industry & Trade, Small Business, Digital Rights and Waste Management. Nina Springle initiated th
"Plastic Free Sea"
campaign, which aimed to stop

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in Victoria, and has worked on developing a container deposit scheme to reduce plastic and metal litter. Springle was appointed the first

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of the Victorian Greens on 12 October 2017, a role she retained until losing her seat at the 2018 state election. She resigned from the party after the election, citing dissatisfaction with the "party establishment" and its response to the loss of seats, and later of ‘being fixated on identity politics.’ On 9 November 2022, Springle announced that she would be contesting North-Eastern Metropolitan Region representing the Reason Party in the

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at the 2022 state election.

References

1973 births Living people Australian Greens members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Members of the Victorian Legislative Council for South Eastern Metropolitan Region Deakin University alumni Women members of the Victorian Legislative Council {{AustralianGreens-politician-stub