The Australian Greens frontbench consists of all Greens members of Parliament serving as the party's spokespeople inside Parliament on various issues, each member being assigned shadow portfolios for their speaking duties. This allows the Greens to shadow government policies and actions from the party perspective.
The frontbench led by Adam Bandt follows on from the frontbench of Richard Di Natale, former Greens leader. Some of the major changes in this arrangement included the Foreign Affairs portfolio being reallocated from Di Natale to Bandt, while new portfolios were created for Larissa Waters and Mehreen Faruqi to represent the leader on various issues in the Senate. The NBN was added to the digital rights and IT portfolio held by Nick McKim, and portfolios formerly held by Bandt were assigned to Janet Rice. Tourism and Gambling were reallocated from Waters to Sarah Hanson-Young and Rachel Siewert, respectively. A new portfolio of Dental Health was also added to Hanson-Young's responsibilities, which the Senator welcomed, stating she could not "wait to sink her teeth into it".
After the resignation of Rachel Siewert, and preparing for the 2022 federal election, a reshuffle of portfolios was announced. Some changes in this arrangement included Nick McKim becoming the Party Whip, the Health portfolio being combined with the Dental Health and Mental Health portfolios and allocated to Jordon Steele-John, and the Family, Ageing and Community Services and Gambling portfolios previously held by Siewert being allocated to Janet Rice and Sarah Hanson-Young, respectively. The Public Sector portfolio was reallocated from Adam Bandt to Larissa Waters, with the Mining and Resources portfolio reassigned from Waters to Dorinda Cox. Also allocated to Cox was the Trade portfolio from Steele-John, and the Science, Research and Innovation portfolio from Rice. Bandt stated that this reshuffle "will give the Greens the best chance of kicking the government out".
Previous arrangement by Larissa Waters (2025–2026) A new Greens frontbench was formed following the departure of Adam Bandt and the 2025 Australian Greens leadership election that elected Larissa Waters as Leader and the rest of the leadership team. Other portfolios and the spokespeople responsible for them were announced later.
Spokesperson Role Senator Larissa WatersLeader of The Greens Climate Change & Energy Women First Nations Senator Mehreen FaruqiDeputy Leader of The Greens Education - Tertiary Anti-racism Climate Adaptation, Resilience & Emergency Management International Aid & Global Justice Animal Welfare Republic Senator Sarah Hanson-YoungManager of Business in the Senate Environment & Water Arts & Communications Senator Nick McKimParty Whip Economic Justice & Treasury Forests LGBTQIA+ Senator Penny Allman-PayneParty Room Chair Deputy Whip Social Services Education - Primary & Secondary Older People Transition, Regional Development & Northern Australia Sport Senator Vanessa Bleyer Agriculture Science, Industry & Innovation Trade & Tourism Healthy Oceans Waste & Recycling Senator Jordon Steele-John Health & Mental Health Disability Inclusion and the National Disabiliity Insurance Scheme Youth Elizabeth Watson-Brown MP Transport, Infrastructure & Sustainable Cities Assistant for Veterans Affairs Senator Barbara Pocock Housing and Homelessness Finance Workplace Relations, Jobs & Employment Public Sector Senator David Shoebridge Foreign Affairs, Peace & Nuclear Disarmament Defence & Veterans Affairs Justice Home Affairs, Immigration, Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs Digital Rights & IT Senator Steph Hodgins-May Early Childhood Education Democracy Resources Assistant for Climate Change & Energy Transport, Infrastructure & Sustainable Cities in the Senate
Previous arrangements led by Adam Bandt Fifth arrangement A new arrangement was put in place following the resignation of Janet Rice and the appointment of Steph Hodgins-May. Role Spokesperson Leader of the Greens Workplace Relations Climate Change and EnergyAdam Bandt Deputy Leader of the Greens Education - Tertiary Anti-Racism Animal Welfare International Aid and Global Justice Republic Climate Adaptation & ResilienceSenator Mehreen Faruqi Leader of the Greens in the Senate Women DemocracySenator Larissa Waters Manager of Business in the Senate Environment and Water Arts and CommunicationsSenator Sarah Hanson-Young Senate Whip Economic Justice and Treasury Emergency Management ForestsSenator Nick McKim Education - Primary and Secondary Transition and Regional Development Social Services Government Services Older People SportSenator Penny Allman-Payne Healthy Oceans Waste and Recycling AgricultureSenator Peter Whish-Wilson Health Disability Rights and Services Foreign Affairs Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentSenator Jordon Steele-John First Nations Trade and Tourism Resources Northern AustraliaSenator Dorinda Cox Digital Rights and IT Justice Attorney-General's Department Drug law reform Defence and Veterans' Affairs Home Affairs, Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural AffairsSenator David Shoebridge Transport Sustainable Cities InfrastructureElizabeth Watson-Brown Employment Public Sector FinanceSenator Barbara Pocock Housing HomelessnessMax Chandler-Mather LGBTIQA+ YouthStephen Bates Early Childhood Science, Industry and InnovationSenator Steph Hodgins-May
Fourth arrangement A new arrangement was announced following the 2022 election. Role Spokesperson Leader of the Greens Climate Change and Energy Workplace RelationsAdam Bandt Deputy Leader of the Greens Education Early Childhood Vocational and Higher Education Anti-Racism International Aid and Global Justice Animal WelfareSenator Mehreen Faruqi Leader of the Greens in the Senate Women Democracy Electoral reform Parliamentary standardsSenator Larissa Waters Manager of Business in the Senate Environment and Water Arts and CommunicationsSenator Sarah Hanson-Young Senate Whip Economic Justice and Treasury Home Affairs, Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural AffairsSenator Nick McKim Party Room Chair Social Services Aged Care Government Services ForestsSenator Janet Rice Agriculture Healthy Oceans WasteSenator Peter Whish-Wilson Health Foreign Affairs, Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Disability Rights and ServicesSenator Jordon Steele-John Resources Science Trade and Tourism First Nations (from February 2023)Senator Dorinda Cox Justice Attorney-General's Department Drug law reform Defence and Veterans' Affairs Digital RightsSenator David Shoebridge Infrastructure Transport Sustainable CitiesElizabeth Watson-Brown Finance Employment Public SectorSenator Barbara Pocock Housing HomelessnessMax Chandler-Mather Industry, Transition and Regional Development Northern Australia SchoolsSenator Penny Allman-Payne LGBTIQA+ YouthStephen Bates Former spokespeople Deputy Leader in the Senate (June to October 2022) First Nations (June 2022 to February 2023) The Republic (June 2022 to February 2023) Sport (June 2022 to February 2023)Senator Lidia Thorpe
Third arrangement The frontbench was rearranged following the resignation of Rachel Siewert and the appointment of Dorinda Cox. Role Spokesperson Adam Bandt MP Senator Larissa Waters Senator Nick McKim Senator Dorinda Cox Senator Janet Rice Senator Lidia Thorpe Senator Mehreen Faruqi Senator Jordon Steele-John Senator Sarah Hanson-Young Senator Peter Whish-Wilson
Second arrangement The frontbench was rearranged following the resignation of Richard Di Natale and the appointment of Lidia Thorpe. Role Spokesperson Adam Bandt MP Senator Larissa Waters Senator Nick McKim Senator Rachel Siewert Senator Janet Rice Senator Lidia Thorpe Senator Mehreen Faruqi Senator Jordon Steele-John Senator Sarah Hanson-Young Senator Peter Whish-Wilson
First arrangement The frontbench was rearranged following the election of Adam Bandt as party leader. SpokespersonPortfolioAdam Bandt (Leader) Climate Emergency Energy Employment and Workplace Relations Public Sector Foreign AffairsLarissa Waters (Leader in the Senate and Co-Deputy Leader) Women Mining and Resources Democracy Representing Leader on Climate Change and Energy in Senate Representing Leader on Foreign Affairs in SenateNick McKim (Co-Deputy Leader) Digital Rights, I.T. and NBN Justice Immigration and CitizenshipRachel Siewert (Party Whip) First Nations Peoples' Issues Family, Ageing and Community Services Mental Health GamblingJanet Rice (Party Room Chair) LGBTIQ Issues Sport Agriculture and Rural Affairs Forests Sustainable Cities Transport and Infrastructure Science, Research and InnovationRichard Di Natale Health MulticulturalismMehreen Faruqi Housing Education Animal Welfare Industry International Aid and Development Local Government Representing Leader on Employment, Workplace Relations and Public Sector in the SenateJordon Steele-John Disability Rights and Services Youth Trade Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (covers Defence) Veterans' AffairsSarah Hanson-Young Dental Health Arts, Media and Communications Environment and Water TourismPeter Whish-Wilson Treasury and Finance Healthy Oceans Waste and Recycling Consumer Affairs Small Business
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