Australian Greens

Australian Greens
Abbreviation
  • AG
  • GRN
LeaderLarissa Waters
Deputy LeaderMehreen Faruqi
Manager of Greens BusinessSarah Hanson-Young
Party WhipNick McKim
Founded1992 (1992)
HeadquartersBraddon, Australian Capital Territory
NewspaperGreen Magazine
Think tankThe Green Institute
Youth wingYoung Greens
Membership (2020) 15,000
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
Regional affiliationAsia-Pacific Greens
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colours  Green
SloganA Future for All of Us
Governing bodyNational Council
Party branches
House of Representatives
1 / 150
Senate
10 / 76
State and territorial governments
0 / 8
State and territory lower houses
17 / 465
State upper houses
14 / 156
Party flag
Website
greens.org.au

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.

Following the 2025 Federal election, the Australian Greens had eleven senators and one member in the House of Representatives, and as of 2020 had over 15,000 party members.