Tabatha Badger | |
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Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Lyons | |
Assumed office 23 March 2024 | |
Tasmanian Greens Spokesperson | |
Assumed office 23 March 2024 | |
Portfolios | Primary Industries,Police,Fire and Emergency Management,Parks and Public Land,Skills and Training,Tourism and Hospitality,Prevention of Family Violence,Small Business,Science and Information Technology,Mining |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Burnie,Tasmania | 8 June 1993
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Greens |
Website | https://tasgreensmps.org |
Tabatha Badger (born 8 June 1993) is an Australian politician who has represented the division of Lyons since 23 March 2024. Badger is a member of the Tasmanian Greens and is representing several portfolios for the party.
Badger is a small business owner and environmental campaigner. [2] In 2023,Badger was appointed Convenor of the Wilderness Society. [3]
In the 2022 Australian Senate election,she was the 3rd green candidate in Tasmania but was not elected. [4]
At the 2024 Tasmanian state election,Badger was the lead candidate for the Tasmanian Greens in Lyons. [5] At the end of first-preference counting,she received the 5th highest vote count in Lyons,and the highest of a Greens candidate for the division,at 4,044 votes. [6] This was not enough to be elected on first-preferences,however. As the Hare–Clark counting went on Badger,along with the Lambie candidates,received significant leakage from the Labor ticket,via Rebecca White's large surplus. [7] This boosted Badger's own quota,and by the end of the counting after all the other Greens candidates were excluded,she had a total of 0.93 quotas,leading for her to be elected in the last spot for Lyons. [8]
She is the youngest member of the 51st Parliament of Tasmania. [9]
Badger lives in Ellendale,Tasmania and grew up around Table Cape. [2]