There are leaders of the Australian 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.
Most of the state and territory parties do not have a formal leader, and instead they have a shared leadership structure. However, Tasmania, Victoria, and the ACT, have adopted singular leadership structures into their party.
Federal leaders The federal leaders of the Australian Greens have been as follows:
# Leader Electorate Term start Term end Time in office Elections contestedPrime Minister Senator for Tasmania 2007, 2010 Howard Rudd Gillard Senator for Tasmania 2013 Rudd Abbott Senator for Victoria 2016, 2019Turnbull Morrison Melbourne (Vic.) 2022, 2025Albanese Nick McKim served as Acting Leader during this interim, following the resignation of Adam Bandt. Senator for Queensland None Senator for New South Wales Incumbent –
Federal deputy leaders Shown in chronological order of leadership #Deputy Leader/Co-Leader Term start Term end Time in office Leader Bob Brown Christine Milne Richard Di Natale Adam Bandt Larissa Waters Incumbent David Shoebridge
Senate Leaders Leaders in the Senate # Leader Term start Term end Time in office Leader Larissa Waters 4 February 2020 15 May 2025 Adam Bandt
Deputy Leaders in the Senate # Deputy Leader Term start Term end Time in office Party LeaderSenate Leader Lidia Thorpe 10 June 2022 20 October 2022 130 days Adam BandtLarissa Waters
Member party leaders
Australian Capital Territory
No. Leader(birth–death) Portrait Electorate Took office Left office Term Chief Minister Molonglo Carnell Humphries Stanhope Ginninderra Gallagher Molonglo(2008–2016) Barr Kurrajong(2016–2026) Ginninderra Incumbent
New South Wales
The New South Wales greens have never had a parliamentary leader
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory greens have never had a parliamentary leader
Queensland
The Queensland greens have never had a parliamentary leader
South Australia
The South Australian greens have never had a parliamentary leader
Tasmania
# Leader Electorate Term start Term end Time in office Elections contestedPremier Bob Brown Denison NoneGroom Christine Milne Lyons 1996, 1998Rundle Peg Putt Denison 2002, 2006Bacon Lennon Bartlett Nick McKim Franklin 2010, 2014Giddings Hodgman Kim Booth Bass None Cassy O'Connor Clark 2018, 2021Gutwein Rockliff Rosalie Woodruff Franklin Incumbent 2024, 2025
Victoria
# Leader Seat Term start Term end Time in office Elections contestedPremier 1 Greg BarberMLC for Northern Metropolitan 2014Ballieu Napthine Andrews 2 Samantha Ratnam MLC for Northern Metropolitan 2018, 2022Allan 3 Ellen Sandell MLA for Melbourne Incumbent –Carroll
Western Australia
# Leader Electorate Term start Term end Time in office Elections contestedPremier Western Australian Legislative Council Incumbent –Cook
Notes
See also Leaders of the Australian Labor Party Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia References