Leaders of the Australian Greens

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.

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.^[1]

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.^[2] However, Tasmania, Victoria, and the ACT, have adopted singular leadership structures into their party.^[2]

Federal parliamentary leaders

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

#	Portrait	Leader	State	Term start	Term end	Time in office
1		Bob Brown	Tasmania	28 November 2005	13 April 2012	6 years, 137 days
2		Christine Milne	Tasmania	13 April 2012	6 May 2015	3 years, 23 days
3		Richard Di Natale	Victoria	6 May 2015	3 February 2020	4 years, 273 days
4		Adam Bandt	Victoria	4 February 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 289 days

Federal deputy parliamentary leaders

Shown in chronological order of leadership

#	Portrait	Deputy Leader	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Leader
1		Christine Milne	10 November 2008	13 April 2012	3 years, 155 days	Bob Brown
2		Adam Bandt	13 April 2012	6 May 2015	3 years, 23 days	Christine Milne

#	Portrait	Deputy Co-Leader	Portrait	Deputy Co-Leader	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Leader
3		Scott Ludlam		Larissa Waters	6 May 2015	18 July 2017	2 years, 73 days	Richard Di Natale
4		Adam Bandt		Larissa Waters	21 July 2017	4 February 2020	2 years, 198 days	Richard Di Natale
5		Nick McKim		Larissa Waters	4 February 2020	10 June 2022	2 years, 126 days	Adam Bandt

#	Portrait	Deputy Leader	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Leader
6		Mehreen Faruqi	10 June 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 162 days	Adam Bandt

Leaders in the Senate

#	Portrait	Deputy Leader	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Leader
1		Larissa Waters	4 February 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 289 days	Adam Bandt

Deputy Leaders in the Senate

#	Portrait	Deputy Leader	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Party Leader	Senate Leader
1		Lidia Thorpe	10 June 2022	20 October 2022[3]	130 days	Adam Bandt	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)

References

1. "Greens firm up party structure". ABC News. 29 November 2005.
2. Cunningham, Christine; Jackson, Stewart (13 March 2014). "Leadership and the Australian Greens". Leadership. 10 (4): 496–511. doi:10.1177/1742715013498407. S2CID 144393361.
3. "Australia news live: Lidia Thorpe resigns as Greens' deputy leader in Senate over undisclosed relationship with former bikie". the Guardian. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.