Rosalie Ellen Woodruff is an Australian politician and current leader of the

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. She has represented

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in the

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since 17 August 2015, when she was elected in a countback to replace

Nick McKim Nicholas James McKim (born 11 June 1965) is an Australian politician, currently serving as a Senator for Tasmania in the federal parliament. He was previously a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly elected at the 2002 ele ...

Education

Woodruff holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing from the

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, as well as a Master of Public Health and PhD in Epidemiology from the

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, on the topic of climate and environment as predictors for Ross River Virus.

Political career

Woodruff has previously contested the seat of

for the Australian Greens at the

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, and at the state level for the 2014 Tasmanian election. Prior to becoming a member of the Tasmanian Parliament, Woodruff was a local councillor on the

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from 2009. Woodruff was elected to state Parliament in a countback in 2015, replacing Nick McKim.

Tasmanian Greens Leader

Following the resignation of

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as leader of the Tasmanian Greens, and from the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 13 July 2023, Woodruff became acting Greens Leader. With the election of Vica Bayley on 1 August 2023 to the seat of Clark for the Greens, Woodruff was confirmed as leader of the Tasmanian Greens. Woodruff lead the party to the

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. Under her leadership, the party elected five members to the

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, up from two members prior to the election.

References

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