Australian Greens
Australian Greens | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation |
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| Leader | Larissa Waters |
| Deputy Leader | Mehreen Faruqi |
| Manager of Greens Business | Sarah Hanson-Young |
| Party Whip | Nick McKim |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Braddon, Australian Capital Territory |
| Newspaper | Green Magazine |
| Think tank | The Green Institute |
| Youth wing | Young Greens |
| Membership (2020) | 15,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Regional affiliation | Asia-Pacific Greens |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Slogan | A Future for All of Us |
| Governing body | National 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 | |
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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.