This article is about the federal Greens party. For the state and territory parties, see List of member parties of the Australian Greens.
Australian Greens
Leader
Adam Bandt
Deputy Leader
Mehreen Faruqi
Senate Leader
Larissa Waters
Deputy Senate Leader
Vacant[1][a]
Founded
1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Headquarters
Braddon, Australian Capital Territory[2]
Newspaper
Green Magazine[3]
Think tank
The Green Institute
Youth wing
Young Greens
Membership (2020)
15,000[4]
Ideology
Green politics[5]
Progressivism[6]
Political position
Left-wing[7][8]
Regional affiliation
Asia-Pacific Greens
International affiliation
Global Greens
Colours
Green
Slogan
"A Future for All of Us"
Governing body
National Council[9]
Party branches
ACT
NSW
NT
Qld
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
House of Representatives
4 / 151
Senate
11 / 76
State and territorial governments
1 / 8
State and territory lower houses[b]
19 / 455
State and territory upper houses[b]
12 / 155
Party flag
Website
greens.org.au
Politics of Australia
Political parties
Elections
The Australian Greens, commonly referred to simply as the Greens, are a confederation of green state and territory political parties in Australia.[10] As of the 2022 federal election, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and the fourth-largest by elected representation. The leader of the party is Adam Bandt, with Mehreen Faruqi serving as deputy leader. Larissa Waters currently holds the role of Senate leader.[11]
The ACT Greens are currently in a coalition government with ACT Labor in the Australian Capital Territory, and have been consecutively since 2008.[12] This represents the only jurisdiction in Australia where the Greens have a power-sharing agreement.
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 Bob Brown, before expanding its representation substantially in the early part of the 21st century. The party cites four core values as its ideology, namely ecological sustainability, social justice, grassroots democracy, and peace and non-violence.[13] The party's origins can be traced to early environmental movement in Australia, the Franklin Dam controversy, the Green bans, and the nuclear disarmament movement. The party began with the United Tasmania Group, one of the first green parties in the world.[14]
Following the 2022 Australian federal election, the Australian Greens had twelve senators and four members in the lower house, and as of 2020 had over 15,000 party members.[4]
^"Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens in the Senate". directory.gov.au. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^"White Pages - Search for an Australian Business, Government Department or Person". Whitepages.com.au. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^https://greens.org.au/magazine/previous-editions
^ abHarris, Rob (22 April 2020). "Old Greens wounds reopen as members vote on directly electing leader". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^Jackson, Stewart (2016). The Australian Greens : from activism to Australia's third party. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 9780522867947.
^Chou, Mark; Busbridge, Rachel (3 July 2019). "Culture Wars, Local Government, and the Australia Day Controversy: Insights from Urban Politics Research". Urban Policy and Research. 37 (3): 372. doi:10.1080/08111146.2019.1631786. ISSN 0811-1146. S2CID 198670122.
^Gherghina, Sergiu; Mișcoiu, Sergiu; Sorina, Soare (2013). Contemporary populism: a controversial concept and its diverse forms. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-4438-4997-5. OCLC 857064665.
^Manning, Paddy (19 August 2019). Inside the Greens: the Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics. Collingwood, Melbourne: Schwartz Publishing. p. 411. ISBN 9781863959520.
^"The Charter and Constitution of the Australian Greens" (PDF). greens.org.au. Australian Greens. November 2020. p. 10.
^McCann, Joy. "Balancing act: the Australian Greens 2008–2011". Australian Parliamentary Library. The Australian Greens is not a single national party, but rather comprises a confederation of eight autonomous state and territory parties that subscribe to a common philosophy and set of principles outlined in the Australian Greens Charter and National Constitution.
^"I thank my colleagues for their strong and continued support. After our best election result ever, I am very excited to be the Leader of an expanded Greens Party Room & leadership team as we fight for action on climate and inequality". Twitter. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^"Greens In Government | ACT Greens". The ACT Greens. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^"The Australian Greens Party". The Monthly. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^"About Us". Global Greens. 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
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