Australian Greens
Australian political party
The Australian Greens, commonly referred to simply as the Greens, are a left-wing green Australian political party. As of 2025, the Greens are the third-largest political party in Australia by vote and the fourth-largest by elected representation. Following the 2025 Australian federal election, Larissa Waters serves as Leader of the Greens and Mehreen Faruqi serves as deputy leader.
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. The party's origins can be traced to the 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.
At the 2025 federal election, the Greens lost 3 of their previous 4 representatives in the House of Representatives and retained all 11 of their senate seats. In 2020, the party had c.
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