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.
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. [1]
Most of the Green parties which have joined the Australian Greens do not have a formal leader, and instead they have a shared leadership structure. [2] However, Tasmania, Victoria, and the ACT, have adopted singular leadership structures into their party. [2]
The federal Leaders of the Australian Greens have been as follows:
| # | Portrait | Leader | State | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Bob Brown | Tasmania | 28 November 2005 | 13 April 2012 | 6 years, 137 days |
| 2 |  | Christine Milne | Tasmania | 13 April 2012 | 6 May 2015 | 3 years, 23 days |
| 3 |  | Richard Di Natale | Victoria | 6 May 2015 | 3 February 2020 | 4 years, 273 days |
| 4 |  | Adam Bandt | Victoria | 4 February 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 253 days |
| # | Portrait | Deputy Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Christine Milne | 10 November 2008 | 13 April 2012 | 3 years, 155 days | Bob Brown |
| 2 |  | Adam Bandt | 13 April 2012 | 6 May 2015 | 3 years, 23 days | Christine Milne |
| # | Portrait | Deputy Co-Leader | Portrait | Deputy Co-Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  | Scott Ludlam |  | Larissa Waters | 6 May 2015 | 18 July 2017 | 2 years, 73 days | Richard Di Natale |
| 4 | | Adam Bandt | | Larissa Waters | 21 July 2017 | 4 February 2020 | 2 years, 198 days | Richard Di Natale |
| 5 |  | Nick McKim |  | Larissa Waters | 4 February 2020 | 10 June 2022 | 2 years, 126 days | Adam Bandt |
| # | Portrait | Deputy Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |  | Mehreen Faruqi | 10 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 126 days | Adam Bandt |
| # | Portrait | Deputy Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Larissa Waters | 4 February 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 253 days | Adam Bandt |
| # | Portrait | Deputy Leader | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Party Leader | Senate Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Lidia Thorpe | 10 June 2022 | 20 October 2022 [3] | 130 days | Adam Bandt | Larissa Waters |
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