The Australian Greens (AG),commonly referred to simply as the Greens,are a confederation of green state and territory political parties in Australia. 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.
The Victorian Greens,officially known as the Australian Greens Victoria,is the Victorian state member party of the Australian Greens,a green political party in Australia.
Inga Peulich (;née Došen was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2018 and before that the Member for Bentleigh from 1992 to 2002.
The 2006 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,25 November 2006,was for the 56th Parliament of Victoria. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and,for the first time,40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system. The election was conducted by the independent Victorian Electoral Commission.
Gregory John Barber is a former Australian politician,who was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2006 and 2017.
The electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently includes the localities of Docklands,Carlton,Melbourne,East Melbourne,West Melbourne,North Melbourne,Parkville,Newmarket,Kensington and Flemington,and includes Melbourne University. The district has been in existence since 1856.
Adam Paul Bandt is an Australian politician and former industrial lawyer who is the leader of the Australian Greens and federal MP for Melbourne. Previously,he served as co-deputy leader of the Greens from 2012 to 2015 and 2017 to 2020. He was elected leader following the resignation of Richard Di Natale in February 2020.
The Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) is a youth organisation in Australia focused on climate change activism. The organisation aims "to build a movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis",by empowerment and education,running strategic campaigns,shifting the narrative,and building a movement.
The 2014 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,29 November 2014,was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government,led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan,was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition,led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats,their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election,whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.
Daniel Spencer is an Australian climate activist and musician. He has been a prominent member of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
Nina Meredith Springle is an Australian politician. She was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council,having represented South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2014 to 2018.
The 2018 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,24 November 2018 to elect the 59th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The first-term incumbent Labor government,led by Premier Daniel Andrews,won a second four-year term,defeating the Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy in a landslide victory. Minor party the Greens led by Samantha Ratnam also contested the election.
The Victorian National Party,officially known as the National Party of Australia –Victoria,is an Australian political party that serves as the state branch of the federal National Party in Victoria. It represents graziers,farmers,miners and rural voters.
Samantha Shantini Ratnam is a British-Australian social worker and politician. She was the leader of the Victorian Greens between 2017 and 2024,serving as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council in the Northern Metropolitan Region. Prior to this she was a councillor and mayor for the City of Moreland.
Thi Viet Huong Truong is an Australian politician,community organiser,artist whose parents came from Vietnam as refugees by boat following the Vietnam War.
Alison Sarah Cupper is an Australian politician. She was an independent member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2018 until 2022,representing the seat of Mildura,having previously been a Labor candidate for the seat.
The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election at the time the writs were issued,however the election in the district of Narracan was deferred due to the death of a candidate.
Joshua Solomon Burns is an Australian politician. Representing the Australian Labor Party,he was elected as the member for the division of Macnamara in Melbourne at the 2019 Australian federal election.
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.
Anasina Gray-Barberio is a Samoan-Australian community worker and politician. She is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council in the Northern Metropolitan Region. She has also worked in the community sector.
