The Australian Greens,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.
Patrick Francis Daniel Farmer is an Australian ultra-marathon athlete,motivational speaker,and former politician. He served as a Member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing the seat of Macarthur in south-west Sydney from 2001 to 2010,as a member of the Liberal Party.
Jill Griffiths Hall is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives,from 1998 until 2016,representing the seat of Shortland,New South Wales for the Labor Party. She is aligned with the ALP's Socialist Left faction.
Luke Hartsuyker is a former Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019,representing the Division of Cowper in New South Wales for the National Party. He served as a government minister in the Turnbull government and an assistant minister in the Abbott government. In August 2018,he announced he would retire from parliament at the 2019 federal election.
The Division of Cowper is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Louise Elizabeth Markus is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives,initially elected to represent the seat of Greenway in western Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election. Following an unfavourable redistribution in 2010,she moved to the seat of Macquarie. She lost the 2016 federal election to Labor's Susan Templeman.
The Mid North Coast is a country region in the north-east of the state of New South Wales,Australia. The region,situated 416km north of Sydney,covers the mid northern coast of the state,beginning from Port Stephens at Hawks Nest to as far north as Woolgoolga,near Coffs Harbour. The region has many beaches and subtropical national parks and forests as well as rural farmland and logging. Major coastal towns include Coffs Harbour,Forster and Port Macquarie. The Mid North Coast is a popular destination for camping or resorts and surfing,with coastal and hinterland tracks,with the unique heritage-listed mountain village of Bellbrook popular for day trips inland or 4wd campers and keen bass fishers.
The 1990 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 24 March 1990. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party,led by Bob Hawke,defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia,led by Andrew Peacock,with its coalition partner,the National Party of Australia,led by Charles Blunt,despite losing the nationwide popular and two-party-preferred vote. The result saw the re-election of the Hawke government for a fourth successive term.
Robert James Murray Oakeshott is a retired Australian politician. He was the independent Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lyne in New South Wales from 2008,when he won the 2008 Lyne by-election,until his retirement in 2013. Oakeshott described his views as economically conservative and socially progressive.
This article provides details on candidates who stood at the 2007 Australian federal election.
The 2010 Australian federal election was held on Saturday,21 August 2010 to elect members of the 43rd Parliament of Australia. The incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard won a second term against the opposition centre-right Liberal Party of Australia led by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia,led by Warren Truss,after Labor formed a minority government with the support of three independent MPs and one Australian Greens MP.
This article provides details on candidates who stood at the 2010 Australian federal election.
Michelle Anne Rowland is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Greenway in the House of Representatives since 2010. She was a member of the shadow ministry from 2013 to 2022,and was elected President of the New South Wales Labor Party in October 2021. She is now the Minister for Communications in the government of Anthony Albanese following the ALP's victory in the 2022 Australian federal election.
Jenny Leong,an Australian politician,is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Newtown for the Greens since 2015. Leong is the first person to represent Newtown in its current form,as it was created for the 2015 election.
This is a list of candidates for the 2019 Australian federal election,held on 18 May 2019.
Abigail Selina Boyd is an Australian politician living on the Central Coast in New South Wales. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2019,representing the Greens.
A leadership spill for the federal leadership of the National Party of Australia was held on 21 June 2021,and was called by the Senator for Queensland,Matt Canavan. Following the spill in the regularly scheduled party room meeting,the incumbent Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Michael McCormack was defeated by his predecessor Barnaby Joyce,who assumed the former's position as leader and Deputy Prime Minister.
The next Australian federal election will be held on or before 27 September 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and likely 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate will be contested. It is expected that at this election,the Labor government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be seeking re-election to a second term in office,opposed by the Liberal/National Coalition under Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton.
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1990 federal election in the state of New South Wales.
The following tables show results for the Australian House of Representatives at the 1990 federal election held on 24 March 1990.
